# slit

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈslɪt/ · frequency rank #15,702

## Definitions
1. A narrow cut or opening; a slot.
2. The vulva.
3. A woman, usually a sexually loose woman; a prostitute.

## Etymology
From Middle English slitten, from Old English slītan, from Proto-Germanic *slītaną (“to tear apart”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leyd- (“to tear, rend (cut apart), split apart”). Possibly cognate with Latin laed- (“to strike, hurt, injure”). Doublet of slite; also related to slice through French borrowing. Apparently unrelated to English slot, whose etymology, however, is uncertain.

## Easily confused with
- **sly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slit-vs-sly)
- **STI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slit-vs-sti)
- **Sui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slit-vs-sui)
- **SSI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slit-vs-ssi)
- **SLR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slit-vs-slr)
- **SMT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slit-vs-smt)
- **soi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slit-vs-soi)
- **sot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slit-vs-sot)
- **SST** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slit-vs-sst)
- **sort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slit-vs-sort)
- **spot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slit-vs-spot)
- **slow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slit-vs-slow)
- **suit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slit-vs-suit)
- **soft** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slit-vs-soft)
- **soil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slit-vs-soil)
- **spin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slit-vs-spin)
- **swim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slit-vs-swim)
- **slot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slit-vs-slot)
- **stir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slit-vs-stir)
- **stat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slit-vs-stat)

## Common misspellings (4)
`slitt`, `sllit`, `slti`, `sslit`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/slit