# cart

> English word · Noun · IPA /kɑːt/ · frequency rank #7,318

## Definitions
1. A small, open, wheeled vehicle, drawn or pushed by a person or animal, often with two wheels on one axle, more often used for transporting goods than passengers.
2. A small motor vehicle resembling a car; a go-cart.
3. A shopping cart.

## Etymology
From Middle English cart, kart, from Old Norse kartr (“wagon; cart”), merged with native Old English cræt (“a chariot; cart”), from Proto-Germanic *krattaz, *krattijô, *kradō, from Proto-Indo-European *gret- (“tracery; wattle; cradle; cage; basket”), from *ger- (“to turn, wind”).
Cognate with West Frisian kret (“wheelbarrow for hauling dung”), Dutch krat, kret (“crate; wheelbarrow for hauling dung”), German Krätze (“basket; pannier”). Wider cognates include Sanskrit ग्रन्थ (grantha, “a binding”).

## Easily confused with
- **CT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cart-vs-ct)
- **CR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cart-vs-cr)
- **cut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cart-vs-cut)
- **cat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cart-vs-cat)
- **cry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cart-vs-cry)
- **cas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cart-vs-cas)
- **CPR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cart-vs-cpr)
- **cor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cart-vs-cor)
- **cot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cart-vs-cot)
- **CSR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cart-vs-csr)
- **CFR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cart-vs-cfr)
- **CRT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cart-vs-crt)
- **CRM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cart-vs-crm)
- **CST** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cart-vs-cst)
- **CDR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cart-vs-cdr)
- **CBT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cart-vs-cbt)
- **CTR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cart-vs-ctr)
- **cur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cart-vs-cur)
- **CRS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cart-vs-crs)
- **CET** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cart-vs-cet)

## Common misspellings (6)
`acrt`, `carrt`, `cartt`, `catr`, `ccart`, `crat`

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