suite
/swiːt/noun
suite is spelled S-U-I-T-E: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 15 times per million words in written English, the 5,309th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “suit vs suite” about 1,600 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, suite means “A group or train of attendants, servants etc.; a retinue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of suite is suites.
How many letters and syllables are in suite?
| Letters | 5: S-U-I-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | 15 times per million words; the 5,309th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Sounds like |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is suite?
Suite appears 15 times per million words in written English, the 5,309th 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 suite?
- /swiːt/
- /sjuːʈ/
Suite has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-suite.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with suite
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: sweet (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of suite
- suites plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does suite mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A group or train of attendants, servants etc.; a retinue.
- 2
A connected series or succession of objects; a number of things used or classed together.
a suite of rooms
- 3
A group of connected rooms, usually separable from other rooms by means of access.
The Presidential suite is well appointed and allows for good security.
- 4
A musical form, popular before the time of the sonata, consisting of a string or series of pieces all in the same key, mostly in various dance rhythms, with sometimes an elaborate prelude.
- 5
An excerpt of instrumental music from a larger work that contains other elements besides the music; for example, the Nutcracker Suite is the music (but not the dancing) from the ballet The Nutcracker, and the Carmen Suite is the instrumental music (but not the singing and dancing) from the opera Carmen.
- 6
A group of related computer programs distributed together.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate suite?
Wiktionary records 2 abbreviations of suite: STE, Ste.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Suite in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | suite |
| Spanish | séquito , suite |
| Portuguese | suíte , conjunto, leque, grupo |
| German | Suite |
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 suite come from?
Borrowed from Middle French suite. See also the doublet suit.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).