summit
sum·mit/ˈsʌmət/noun, verb, pronoun
summit is spelled S-U-M-M-I-T: 6 letters and 2 syllables (sum·mit). It appears 20 times per million words in written English, the 4,302nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, summit means “The highest point of a hill, mountain, or similar geographical feature” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of summit is summits.
How many letters and syllables are in summit?
| Letters | 6: S-U-M-M-I-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: sum·mit |
| In writing | 20 times per million words; the 4,302nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is summit?
Summit appears 20 times per million words in written English, the 4,302nd 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 summit?
- UK /ˈsʌmɪt/
- US /ˈsʌmət/
As a pronoun (“Alternative spelling of summat (“something”)”): /ˈsʌmɪt/, /ˈsʊ-/.
Summit has 2 syllables, split sum·mit in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-summit.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with summit
Sounds like: summat (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with summit?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as summit from its last stressed vowel (/ʌmət/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: mutism.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of summit
- summits plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- summiting participle, present
- summitting participle, present
- summited participle, past
- summitted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does summit mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The highest point of a hill, mountain, or similar geographical feature.
In summer, it is possible to hike to the summit of Mount Shasta.
- 2
A vertex of a polygon or polyhedron.
- 3
The highest point of a canal, railway, road, etc.
- 4
obsoleteSynonym of anther (“the pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower”) or (rare) stigma (“the sticky part of a flower that receives pollen during pollination”).
- 5
obsoleterareOne of the two vertices of a crystal with a rhombohedral shape where the angles of each face are equal; also, the highest point of a crystal with a pyramidal or tetrahedral shape.
- 6
The highest point of achievement, development, etc., that can be reached; the acme, the pinnacle.
- 7
archaicThe highest level of political leadership.
- 8
An assembly or gathering of the leaders of countries to discuss issues of international significance; also (loosely), an important or high-level gathering or meeting.
They met for an international summit on environmental issues.
verb
- 1
informalTo reach the summit (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1.1) of (a mountain).
- 2
informalTo reach the summit of a mountain.
- 3
To attend a summit (noun etymology 1, noun sense 2.2.2).
pronoun
- 1
informalAlternative spelling of summat (“something”).
I need to get summit to eat.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Summit in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | sommet |
| German | Gipfel , Gipfeltreffen |
| Portuguese | cume, sumo , cimeira, cúpula |
| Spanish | cima, cumbre, pico |
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 summit come from?
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).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).