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sub·mit/səbˈmɪt/verb

submit is spelled S-U-B-M-I-T: 6 letters and 2 syllables (sub·mit). It appears 19 times per million words in written English, the 4,444th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, submit means “To yield or give way to another” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in submit?

Letters6: S-U-B-M-I-T
Syllables2: sub·mit
In writing19 times per million words; the 4,444th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is submit?

Submit appears 19 times per million words in written English, the 4,444th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce submit?

  • /səbˈmɪt/

Submit has 2 syllables, split sub·mit in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-submit.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of submit

  • submits present, singular, he/she/it
  • submitting participle, present
  • submitted participle, past, singular, he/she/it, plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does submit mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

verb

  1. 1

    To yield or give way to another.

    They will not submit to the destruction of their rights.

  2. 2

    To yield (something) to another, as when defeated.

  3. 3

    To enter or put forward for approval, consideration, marking etc.

    I submit these plans for your approval.

  4. 4

    To subject; to put through a process.

    I was submitted to a binding pledge.

  5. 5

    To win a fight against (an opponent) by submission.

  6. 6

    obsoleteTo let down; to lower.

  7. 7

    obsoleteTo put or place under.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Submit in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchse soumettre (to yield or give way to another), soumettre, présenter (to enter or put forward something for approval…), gagner par soumission (to win a fight by submission)
Germansich fügen, sich abfinden (to yield or give way to another), vorlegen, einreichen (to enter or put forward something for approval…), unterwerfen (to win a fight by submission)
Portugueseceder, entregar-se (to yield or give way to another), submeter, apresentar (to enter or put forward something for approval…), finalizar (to win a fight by submission)
Spanishsometerse [a]] (to yield or give way to another), someter, entregar, cursar (to enter or put forward something for approval…)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does submit come from?

From Middle English submitten, borrowed from Latin submittere, infinitive of submittō (“place under, yield”), from sub (“under, from below, up”) + mitto (“to send”). Compare upsend.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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