# submit

> English word · Verb · IPA /səbˈmɪt/ · frequency rank #4,494

## Definitions
1. To yield or give way to another.
2. To yield (something) to another, as when defeated.
3. To enter or put forward for approval, consideration, marking etc.
4. To subject; to put through a process.
5. To win a fight against (an opponent) by submission.
6. To let down; to lower.
7. To put or place under.

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **suit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/submit-vs-suit)
- **summit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/submit-vs-summit)
- **subset** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/submit-vs-subset)
- **subunit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/submit-vs-subunit)

## Common misspellings (9)
`sbumit`, `ssubmit`, `subbmit`, `subimt`, `submitt`, `submmit`, `submti`, `sumbit`, `usbmit`

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