# wit vs wot

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### wit
*noun · IPA /wɪt/ · frequency rank #7,637*
Sanity.

### wot
*verb · IPA /wɔt/ · frequency rank #28,090*
To know (in the sense of knowing a fact).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wit-vs-wot