# transmit

> English word · Verb · IPA /tɹænsˈmɪt/ · frequency rank #11,813

## Definitions
1. To send or convey from one person, place or thing to another.
2. To spread or pass on (something such as a disease or a signal).
3. To impart, convey or hand down by inheritance or heredity.
4. To communicate (news or information, especially electronically).
5. To convey or conduct (energy or force) through a mechanism or medium.
6. To send out (a signal, as opposed to receive).
7. To go out; to be sent, conveyed, spread, passed on, or communicated.

## Etymology
From Middle English transmitten, borrowed from Latin trānsmittō (“transmit”, verb, literally “across-send”).

## Easily confused with
- **transit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/transit-vs-transmit)
- **transact** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/transact-vs-transmit)

## Common misspellings (13)
`rtansmit`, `tarnsmit`, `tranmsit`, `trannsmit`, `transimt`, `transmitt`, `transmmit`, `transmti`, `transsmit`, `trasnmit`, `trnasmit`, `trransmit`, `ttransmit`

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