# clot

> English word · Noun · IPA /klɒt/ · frequency rank #22,618

## Definitions
1. A thrombus, solidified mass of blood.
2. A solidified mass of any liquid.
3. A person who is silly, stupid, dull, a clod.

## Etymology
From Middle English clot, clotte, from Old English clott, from Proto-West Germanic *klott (“lump”). Cognate with German Klotz (“block”). Doublet of clod and klutz.

## Easily confused with
- **co** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clot-vs-co)
- **CT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clot-vs-ct)
- **cut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clot-vs-cut)
- **cop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clot-vs-cop)
- **con** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clot-vs-con)
- **cow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clot-vs-cow)
- **cos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clot-vs-cos)
- **col** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clot-vs-col)
- **cox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clot-vs-cox)
- **cod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clot-vs-cod)
- **cor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clot-vs-cor)
- **coo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clot-vs-coo)
- **cot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clot-vs-cot)
- **Coe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clot-vs-coe)
- **coz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clot-vs-coz)
- **coa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clot-vs-coa)
- **coy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clot-vs-coy)
- **CRT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clot-vs-crt)
- **CST** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clot-vs-cst)
- **cob** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clot-vs-cob)

## Common misspellings (5)
`cclot`, `cllot`, `clott`, `clto`, `lcot`

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