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coat

/ˈkoʊ̯t/noun, verb

coat is spelled C-O-A-T: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 23 times per million words in written English, the 3,875th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “coat vs cote” about 20 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, coat means “An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of coat is coats.

How many letters and syllables are in coat?

Letters4: C-O-A-T
Syllables1
In writing23 times per million words; the 3,875th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Pairs people search
Rhymes with
Same letters

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is coat?

Coat appears 23 times per million words in written English, the 3,875th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce coat?

  • US /ˈkoʊ̯t/
  • US [ˈkʰoʊ̯t]
  • UK /ˈkəʊ̯t/

Coat has one syllable.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-coat.ogg, En-uk-coat.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Words people confuse with coat

Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).

coat vs cote20 G
coat vs quote0 B

Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

What rhymes with coat?

The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as coat from its last stressed vowel (/oʊt/):

Spelled with the same letters in another order: taco, octa.

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of coat

  • coats plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • coating participle, present
  • coated participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does coat mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms.

  2. 2

    A covering of material, such as paint.

    fresh coat of paint

  3. 3

    The fur or feathers covering an animal's skin.

    Near-synonym: pelt

  4. 4

    Canvas painted with thick tar and secured round a mast or bowsprit to prevent water running down the sides into the hold (now made of rubber or leather).

  5. 5

    obsoleteA petticoat.

  6. 6

    The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office; cloth.

  7. 7

    A coat of arms.

  8. 8

    A coat card.

verb

  1. 1

    To cover with a coating of some material.

    The frying pan was coated with a layer of non-stick material, making it easier to wash.

  2. 2

    To cover like a coat.

  3. 3

    archaicTo clothe.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Coat in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchmanteau, paletot, pardessus (outer garment covering the upper torso and arms), couche (covering of material, such as paint), couvrir, revêtir (to cover with a coat of some material)
GermanMantel (outer garment covering the upper torso and arms), Beschichtung (covering of material, such as paint), beschichten (to cover with a coat of some material)
Portuguesecasaco, agasalho (outer garment covering the upper torso and arms), cobertura, mão, demão (covering of material, such as paint), pelagem (fur or feathers)
Spanishabrigo, saco, casaca (outer garment covering the upper torso and arms), cubierta, tongada, tonga (covering of material, such as paint)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does coat come from?

From Middle English cote, coate, cotte, from Old French cote, cotte (“outer garment with sleeves”), from Latin cotta (“undercoat, tunic”), from Proto-Germanic *kuttô, *kuttǭ (“cowl, woolen cloth, coat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷewd-, *gud- (“woolen clothes”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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