# bot

> English word · Noun · IPA /bɒt/ · frequency rank #9,289

## Definitions
1. The larva of a botfly, which infests the skin of various mammals, producing warbles, or the nasal passage of sheep, or the stomach of horses.

## Etymology
Possibly a modification of Scottish Gaelic boiteag (“maggot”).

## Easily confused with
- **by** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bot-vs-by)
- **BS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bot-vs-bs)
- **br** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bot-vs-br)
- **Bt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bot-vs-bt)
- **BP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bot-vs-bp)
- **BW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bot-vs-bw)
- **BX** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bot-vs-bx)
- **but** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bot-vs-but)
- **buy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bot-vs-buy)
- **boy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bot-vs-boy)
- **box** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bot-vs-box)
- **bus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bot-vs-bus)
- **bro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bot-vs-bro)
- **bye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bot-vs-bye)
- **bow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bot-vs-bow)
- **bug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bot-vs-bug)
- **bud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bot-vs-bud)
- **BTW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bot-vs-btw)
- **bra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bot-vs-bra)
- **bum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bot-vs-bum)

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