# caught

> English word · Adjective · IPA /kɔːt/ · frequency rank #1,326

## Definitions
1. Of the method of being out in which the striker hits the ball and a fielder catches it.

## Easily confused with
- **cough** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caught-vs-cough)
- **court** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caught-vs-court)

## Common misspellings (9)
`acught`, `caguht`, `caugght`, `caughht`, `caughtt`, `caugth`, `cauhgt`, `ccaught`, `cuaght`

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