# cot

> English word · Noun · IPA /kɒt/ · frequency rank #22,045

## Definitions
1. A simple bed, especially one for portable or temporary purposes.
2. A bed for infants or small children, with high, often slatted, often moveable sides.
3. A wooden bed frame, slung by its corners from a beam, in which officers slept before the introduction of bunks.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi खाट (khāṭ), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀔𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸 (khaṭṭā), from Sanskrit खट्वा (khaṭvā, “bedstead”).

## Easily confused with
- **CT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cot-vs-ct)
- **CR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cot-vs-cr)
- **cs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cot-vs-cs)
- **cp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cot-vs-cp)
- **CV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cot-vs-cv)
- **CU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cot-vs-cu)
- **CW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cot-vs-cw)
- **CX** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cot-vs-cx)
- **cz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cot-vs-cz)
- **CQ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cot-vs-cq)
- **cut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cot-vs-cut)
- **cup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cot-vs-cup)
- **cry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cot-vs-cry)
- **cow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cot-vs-cow)
- **cum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cot-vs-cum)
- **cox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cot-vs-cox)
- **cuz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cot-vs-cuz)
- **cue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cot-vs-cue)
- **CPU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cot-vs-cpu)
- **Cub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cot-vs-cub)

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