vomit
/ˈvɑmɪt/verb, noun
vomit is spelled V-O-M-I-T: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.4 times per million words in written English, the 14,307th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, vomit means “To regurgitate or eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; puke” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in vomit?
| Letters | 5: V-O-M-I-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.4 times per million words; the 14,307th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 vomit?
Vomit appears 3.4 times per million words in written English, the 14,307th 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 vomit?
- UK /ˈvɒmɪt/
- US /ˈvɑmɪt/
Vomit has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-vomit.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with vomit?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as vomit from its last stressed vowel (/ɑmɪt/):
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 vomit
- vomits present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- vomiting participle, present
- vomited participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does vomit mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To regurgitate or eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; puke.
- 2
To regurgitate and discharge (something swallowed); to spew.
- 3
To eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to emit.
She snapped and started vomiting curses at us.
noun
- 1
The regurgitated former contents of a stomach; vomitus.
- 2
The act of regurgitating.
- 3
The act of vomiting.
- 4
informalAnything that is worthless; rubbish; trash.
- 5
obsoleteThat which causes vomiting; an emetic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Vomit in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | vomir , vomi |
| German | sich übergeben , Kotze, Erbrochenes |
| Portuguese | vomitar, regurgitar , vômito, vómito |
| Spanish | vomitar, devolver, arrojar, revesar , vómito |
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 vomit come from?
From Middle English vomiten, from Latin vomitāre (“vomit repeatedly”), frequentative form of vomō (“be sick, vomit”), from Proto-Indo-European *wemh₁- (“to spew, vomit”). Cognate with Old Norse váma (“nausea, malaise”), Old English wemman (“to defile”). More at wem.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).