Synonyms for tittle

Most common

speck · iota · jot

All synonyms

Noun

Antonyms

oodles

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Definitions

1. n. 1

   Any small dot, stroke, or diacritical mark, especially if part of a letter, or of a letter-like abbreviation; in particular, the dots over the Latin letters i and j.

   (the page calls both "a superscript sign (hooklike)" and also a diacritical abbreviation of "er" (er) "tittles")

Related words

Word family

titer title

Forms

Plural

tittles → jots, iotas, bits, particles…

Example sentences

• speck There wasn't even a speck of dust on the table.
• iota Hurricane Iota has strengthened to a Category 5 storm.
• jot Just jot your name down on a piece of paper.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

bit¹, ace¹, dot¹, dab¹, jot¹

4 letters

drop¹, spot¹, atom², mite¹, iota³

5 letters

grain¹, spark¹, scrap¹, shred¹, speck¹, crumb¹, fleck¹

6 letters

trifle², smidge

7 letters

scruple²

8 letters

particle³

9 letters

scintilla³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (atom² = 2 syllables).