# kilt

> English word · Verb · IPA /kɪlt/ · frequency rank #33,702

## Definitions
1. To gather up (skirts) around the body.

## Etymology
From Middle English kilten (“to tuck up, gird”), apparently from North Germanic, ultimately from Old Norse kelta, kjalta (“skirt; lap”). Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *kelt-, *kelþǭ, *kilþį̄ (“womb”), from Proto-Indo-European *gelt- (“round body; child”). Cognate with Danish kilte (“to tuck”), Swedish kilta (“to swathe”). Related to English child.

## Easily confused with
- **KT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kilt-vs-kt)
- **KL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kilt-vs-kl)
- **Kim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kilt-vs-kim)
- **kit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kilt-vs-kit)
- **kin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kilt-vs-kin)
- **kip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kilt-vs-kip)
- **kmt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kilt-vs-kmt)
- **KLM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kilt-vs-klm)
- **kind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kilt-vs-kind)
- **king** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kilt-vs-king)
- **kiss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kilt-vs-kiss)
- **Kyle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kilt-vs-kyle)
- **Kurt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kilt-vs-kurt)
- **kirk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kilt-vs-kirk)
- **kits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kilt-vs-kits)
- **knot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kilt-vs-knot)
- **knit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kilt-vs-knit)
- **kite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kilt-vs-kite)
- **kiwi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kilt-vs-kiwi)
- **kink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kilt-vs-kink)

## Common misspellings (6)
`iklt`, `killt`, `kiltt`, `kitl`, `kkilt`, `klit`

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