# knelt vs Knott

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### knelt
*verb · IPA /nɛlt/ · frequency rank #37,057*
simple past and past participle of kneel.

### Knott
*name · frequency rank #46,575*
A surname transferred from the given name.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knelt-vs-knott