visit
vis·it/ˈvɪzɪt/verb, noun
visit is spelled V-I-S-I-T: 5 letters and 2 syllables (vis·it). It appears 110 times per million words in written English, the 972nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, visit means “To habitually go to (someone in distress, sickness etc.) to comfort them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in visit?
| Letters | 5: V-I-S-I-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: vis·it |
| In writing | 110 times per million words; the 972nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is visit?
Visit appears 110 times per million words in written English, the 972nd 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 visit?
- /ˈvɪzɪt/
Visit has 2 syllables, split vis·it in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-visit.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of visit
- visits present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- visiting participle, present
- visited participle, past, singular, he/she/it, plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does visit mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To habitually go to (someone in distress, sickness etc.) to comfort them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)
- 2
To go and meet (a person) as an act of friendliness or sociability.
She decided to visit her grandparents for Christmas.
- 3
Of God: to appear to (someone) to comfort, bless, or chastise or punish them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)
- 4
archaicTo punish, to inflict harm upon (someone or something).
- 5
Of a sickness, misfortune etc.: to afflict (someone).
- 6
To inflict punishment, vengeance for (an offense) on or upon someone.
- 7
To go to (a shrine, temple etc.) for worship. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)
- 8
To go to (a place) for pleasure, on an errand, etc.
noun
- 1
A single act of visiting.
Next time you're in Manchester, give me a visit.
- 2
A meeting with a doctor at their surgery or the doctor's at one's home.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Visit in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | visiter, rendre visite , visite, séjour , consultation |
| German | besuchen , Besuch |
| Portuguese | visitar , visita , consulta |
| Spanish | visitar , visita |
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 visit come from?
From Middle English visiten, from Old French visiter, from Latin vīsitō, frequentative of vīsō (“behold, survey”), from videō (“see”). Cognate with Old Saxon wīsōn (“to visit, afflict”), archaic German weisen (“to visit, afflict”). Displaced native Old English sēċan (“to visit”) and sōcn (“a visit”). The noun is from French visite or the verb. Doublet of visite.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).