summit
/ˈsʌmɪt/
"summit" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“summit” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #4,337. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,337
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The topmost point or surface of a thing; the apex, the peak.
Corpus desk
Index EN-summit · summit · English
summit · rank #4,337 · 7 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,337
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH stem
Nearest frequency peer: stem (-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 “summit”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- similarly
similarly
95,667 corpus weight
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slide
95,666 corpus weight
- stem
stem
95,665 corpus weight
- summit
summit
95,664 corpus weight
- talented
talented
95,663 corpus weight
- throat
throat
95,662 corpus weight
What this shows “summit” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | summit |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsʌmɪt/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #4,337 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “summit”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around summit (IPA /ˈsʌmɪt/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,337 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for summit, with forms such as "smumit", "ssummit", and "sumimt". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "summon", "suit", "summa", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: PIE word *upó The noun is derived from Late Middle English somet, somete (“head, top”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman sumet and Middle French sommet (masculine), somete, sommette (“top of a thing; highest point of a mountain”) (feminine) (modern Fren… The correct English form is summit, spelled S-U-M-M-I-T.
Definition
- 1The topmost point or surface of a thing; the apex, the peak.
- 2The topmost point or surface of a thing; the apex, the peak.
- 3The topmost point or surface of a thing; the apex, the peak.
- 4The topmost point or surface of a thing; the apex, the peak.
- 5The topmost point or surface of a thing; the apex, the peak.
- 6The highest point of achievement, development, etc., that can be reached; the acme, the pinnacle.
- 7The highest level of political leadership.
- 8An assembly or gathering of the leaders of countries to discuss issues of international significance; also (loosely), an important or high-level gathering or meeting.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how summit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In summer, it is possible to hike to the summit of Mount Shasta.
How can I crawl up to reach those heights / And run? / The venom is what keeps me alive / The venom is what keeps me alive / Up to the summit at night / Desperate to find that beating heart of mine that always makes me run
Etymology
PIE word *upó The noun is derived from Late Middle English somet, somete (“head, top”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman sumet and Middle French sommet (masculine), somete, sommette (“top of a thing; highest point of a mountain”) (feminine) (modern French sommet), from Old French somet, sommette, from som, sum (“highest point, summit”) + -et (suffix forming diminutive masculine nouns), -ete, -ette (suffix forming diminutive feminine nouns). Som, sum are derived from Latin summum (“top, summit”), a noun use of the neuter of summus (“greatest, highest; top, uppermost”, adjective) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *upér (“over”) + *-m̥mos, *-tm̥mos (“suffix forming superlative adjectives”)). The modern English spelling was influenced by summity (“height or top of a thing; utmost degree, perfection”) (obsolete). The verb is derived from the noun.
Antonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- smumit
- ssummit
- sumimt
- sumit
- summitt
- summti
- usmmit
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of summit - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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