plot

/[plɔt]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#19,342

in German word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

plot is aGermannoun. It means: Abgrenzung eines Grundstückes, meist aus Stäben oder einem Geflecht bestehend; Zaun Pronounced [plɔt]. Often confused with Po and Pt.

Key facts for plot
PropertyValue
Headwordplot
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[plɔt]
Letters4
Frequency rank#19,342
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of plot in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for plot is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [plɔt]. Corpus data places it at rank #19,342 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Abgrenzung eines Grundstückes, meist aus Stäben oder einem Geflecht bestehend; Zaun".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for plot, with forms such as "lpot", "pllot", and "plott". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Po", "Pt", "Pro", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is plot, spelled P-L-O-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Abgrenzung eines Grundstückes, meist aus Stäben oder einem Geflecht bestehend; Zaun

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: lpot,pllot,plott,plto,polt,pplot

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for plot

Misspelling Variants of "plot"

lpot4pllot5plott5plto4polt4pplot5
Misspelling Variants of "plot"

Frequency rank: #19,342 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "plot"?
"plot" is spelled P-L-O-T. The IPA pronunciation is [plɔt].
What does "plot" mean?
As a noun, "plot" means: Abgrenzung eines Grundstückes, meist aus Stäben oder einem Geflecht bestehend; Zaun
What words are commonly confused with "plot"?
"plot" is commonly confused with "Po", "Pt", "Pro". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "plot"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "plot" is [plɔt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "plot" come from?
"plot" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter P in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.