Smit

Name: Smit, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Smit” is uncommon French (frequency #99,649 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,649
frequency rank, French: 6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-smit · Smit · French

Smit · rank #99,649 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-RARE #99,649
LEN-MID 4 letters
VOW-1 1 vowel
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,032
PHOTO-FINISH slaloms

Nearest frequency peer: slaloms (-1 rank slots)

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.

skicross

354
slaloms

353
Smit

352
socca

350
socs

349
soldant

347

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Smit » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Key facts for Smit
Property	Value
Headword	Smit
Language	French
Part of speech	Proper noun
Letters	4
Frequency rank	#99,649
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Smit » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Smittombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#99,649

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « slaloms » (#99,648), « skicross » (#99,647), « socca » (#99,651). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « Smit » est au #99,649. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Smit is uncommon French at frequency #99,649 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".

No misspelling variants are generated for Smit in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Smit, spelled S-M-I-T.

Definition

1
Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Smit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

« J'aime à quel point les phoques ont l’air mignon, comme si vous pouviez les caresser », commente le photographe Demian Smit.

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Smit"?

"Smit" is spelled S-M-I-T.

What does "Smit" mean?

As a proper noun, "Smit" means: Nom de famille.

What language does "Smit" come from?

"Smit" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Smit", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

socs#99,652 sopa#99,657 stam#99,667 tany#99,689