# Knott

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #46,575

## Definitions
1. A surname transferred from the given name.
2. An unincorporated community in Howard County, Texas, United States.

## Etymology
From Middle English Knut, a male given name from Old Norse Knútr.

## Easily confused with
- **know** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knott-vs-know)
- **Knox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knott-vs-knox)
- **Kota** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knott-vs-kota)
- **known** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knott-vs-known)
- **knows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knott-vs-knows)
- **Kyoto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knott-vs-kyoto)
- **knotted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knott-vs-knotted)
- **kno** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kno-vs-knott)
- **knot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knot-vs-knott)
- **knit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knit-vs-knott)
- **knob** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knob-vs-knott)
- **Kitt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kitt-vs-knott)
- **knock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knock-vs-knott)
- **knots** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knots-vs-knott)
- **knoll** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knoll-vs-knott)
- **Knopf** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knopf-vs-knott)
- **knelt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knelt-vs-knott)
- **knits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knits-vs-knott)

## Common misspellings (5)
`kknott`, `knnott`, `kntot`, `kontt`, `nkott`

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