suit

/sjuːt/

//sjuːt// noun

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"suit" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“suit” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #2,055. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,055
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers (also business suit or lounge suit), or a similar outfit for a woman.

Corpus desk

Index EN-suit · suit · English

suit · rank #2,055 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,055
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH soldiers

Nearest frequency peer: soldiers (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “suit”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “suit” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

suit vs sun
50% similar
suit vs sum
50% similar
suit vs SUV
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for suit
PropertyValue
Headwordsuit
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/sjuːt/
Letters4
Frequency rank#2,055
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “suit”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).suitlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “soldiers” (#2,054), “wins” (#2,056), “republican” (#2,053). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “suit” is #2,055. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around suit (IPA /sjuːt/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,055 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 15 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for suit, with forms such as "siut", "ssuit", and "suitt". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sun", "sum", "SUV", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English sute, borrowed from Anglo-Norman suite and Old French sieute, siute (modern suite), originally a participle adjective from Vulgar Latin *sequita (for secūta), from Latin sequi (“to follow”), because the component garments "follow each ot… The correct English form is suit, spelled S-U-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    A set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers (also business suit or lounge suit), or a similar outfit for a woman.
  2. 2
    A garment or set of garments suitable and/or required for a given task or activity: space suit, boiler suit, protective suit, swimsuit.
  3. 3
    A dress.
  4. 4
    A person who wears matching jacket and trousers, especially a boss or a supervisor.
  5. 5
    A full set of armour.
  6. 6
    The attempt to gain an end by legal process; a process instituted in a court of law for the recovery of a right or claim; a lawsuit.
  7. 7
    Petition, request, entreaty.
  8. 8
    The act of following or pursuing; pursuit, chase.
  9. 9
    Pursuit of a love-interest; wooing, courtship.
  10. 10
    The act of suing; the pursuit of a particular object or goal.
  11. 11
    The full set of sails required for a ship.
  12. 12
    Each of the sets of a pack of cards distinguished by colour and/or specific emblems, such as the spades, hearts, diamonds, or clubs of traditional Anglo, Hispanic, and French playing cards.
  13. 13
    Regular order; succession.
  14. 14
    A company of attendants or followers; a retinue.
  15. 15
    A group of similar or related objects or items considered as a whole; a suite (of rooms etc.)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how suit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. A canister of flour from the kitchen had been thrown at the looking-glass and lay like trampled snow over the remains of a decent blue suit with the lining ripped out which lay on top of the ruin of a plastic wardrobe.
  2. Think of banking today and the image is of grey-suited men in towering skyscrapers. Its future, however, is being shaped in converted warehouses and funky offices in San Francisco, New York and London, where bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching on free food.

Etymology

From Middle English sute, borrowed from Anglo-Norman suite and Old French sieute, siute (modern suite), originally a participle adjective from Vulgar Latin *sequita (for secūta), from Latin sequi (“to follow”), because the component garments "follow each other", i.e. are worn together. See also the doublet suite. Cognate with Italian seguire and Spanish seguir. Related to sue and segue.

This word in other languages

traje(Español)complet(Français)Anzug(Deutsch)terno(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • siut
  • ssuit
  • suitt
  • suti
  • usit

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of suit - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

siut2ssuit1suitt1suti2usit2
Edit distance from "suit"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "suit"?
"suit" is spelled S-U-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is /sjuːt/.
What does "suit" mean?
As a noun, "suit" means: A set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers (also business suit or lounge suit), or a similar outfit for a woman.
What words are commonly confused with "suit"?
"suit" is commonly confused with "sun", "sum", "SUV". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "suit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "suit" is /sjuːt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "suit"?
From Middle English sute, borrowed from Anglo-Norman suite and Old French sieute, siute (modern suite), originally a participle adjective from Vulgar Latin *sequita (for secūta), from Latin sequi (“to follow”), because the component garments "foll... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "suit", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

wins#2,056moon#2,048debt#2,069grew#2,072

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

arts5 variantsvice5 variantstech5 variantshero5 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list