# goat

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɡəʊt/ · frequency rank #6,913

## Definitions
1. Any hoofed mammal of the genus Capra.
2. Any hoofed mammal of the genus Capra.
3. A lecherous man.
4. A scapegoat.
5. A Pontiac GTO car.
6. A person who is not easily understood by a speech recognition system; contrasted with sheep.
7. A fool, loser, or object of ridicule.
8. A blocker who is isolated behind the opposing team's blockers, so as to slow down the pack.

## Etymology
From Middle English goot, got, gat, from Old English gāt, from Proto-West Germanic *gait, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from a substrate language.
The sense of lecherous man derives from the slang expression "horny as a goat".

## Easily confused with
- **got** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/goat-vs-got)
- **god** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/goat-vs-god)
- **GOP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/goat-vs-gop)
- **gut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/goat-vs-gut)
- **GTA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/goat-vs-gta)
- **GPA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/goat-vs-gpa)
- **goo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/goat-vs-goo)
- **GST** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/goat-vs-gst)
- **GSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/goat-vs-gsa)
- **GOL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/goat-vs-gol)
- **gob** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/goat-vs-gob)
- **gow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/goat-vs-gow)
- **gor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/goat-vs-gor)
- **GoH** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/goat-vs-goh)
- **gog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/goat-vs-gog)
- **grt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/goat-vs-grt)
- **good** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/goat-vs-good)
- **goes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/goat-vs-goes)
- **gold** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/goat-vs-gold)
- **gone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/goat-vs-gone)

## Common misspellings (4)
`gaot`, `ggoat`, `goatt`, `ogat`

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