# wot vs wrote

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### wrote
*verb · IPA /ɹəʊt/ · frequency rank #984*
simple past of write

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