go to pot
"go-to-pot" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“go to pot” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To come to ruin, especially to decline or deteriorate.
Corpus desk
Index EN-go-to-pot · go to pot · English
go to pot · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | go to pot |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “go to pot” in English
Rare enough to double-check
go to pot is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for go to pot in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Figuratively be cut up and tossed into a pot like meat. The correct English form is go to pot, spelled G-O- -T-O- -P-O-T.
Definition
- 1To come to ruin, especially to decline or deteriorate.
- 2Go to hell. (an angry dismissal)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how go to pot appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
They haven't been maintaining it, and the downtown area has really gone to pot over the past 20 years.
Iacke Straw. […] I haue his wife and children pledges, for his ſpeedie returne from the King, to whom he is gone with our meſſage. Tom Miller. Let him take heede hee bring a wiſe anſwere to our worships, or els his pledges goes to the pot.
Etymology
Figuratively be cut up and tossed into a pot like meat.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.