# jolt

> English word · Verb · IPA /d͡ʒɒlt/ · frequency rank #28,265

## Definitions
1. To push or shake abruptly and roughly.
2. To knock sharply
3. To shock (someone) into taking action or being alert
4. To shock emotionally.
5. To shake; to move with a series of jerks.

## Etymology
Perhaps from joll (“to knock, strike”) + -t (frequentative suffix).

## Easily confused with
- **joy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jolt-vs-joy)
- **Jon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jolt-vs-jon)
- **Joo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jolt-vs-joo)
- **jot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jolt-vs-jot)
- **jor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jolt-vs-jor)
- **just** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jolt-vs-just)
- **July** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jolt-vs-july)
- **Josh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jolt-vs-josh)
- **Jose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jolt-vs-jose)
- **jong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jolt-vs-jong)
- **joys** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jolt-vs-joys)
- **joss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jolt-vs-joss)
- **Joni** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jolt-vs-joni)
- **jour** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jolt-vs-jour)
- **Jove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jolt-vs-jove)
- **jo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jo-vs-jolt)
- **job** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/job-vs-jolt)
- **Joe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/joe-vs-jolt)
- **jet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jet-vs-jolt)
- **jog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jog-vs-jolt)

## Common misspellings (6)
`jjolt`, `jlot`, `jollt`, `joltt`, `jotl`, `ojlt`

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