# moot

> English word · Adjective · IPA /muːt/ · frequency rank #21,586

## Definitions
1. Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.
2. Being an exercise of thought; academic.
3. Having no practical consequence or relevance.

## Etymology
From Middle English mōt, ȝemōt, from Old English *mōt, ġemōt (“meeting”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtą, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to encounter, come”). Cognate with Scots mut, mote (“meeting, assembly”), Low German Mööt (“meeting”), Moot (“meeting”), archaic Dutch (ge)moet (“meeting”), Danish møde (“meeting”), Swedish möte (“meeting”), Norwegian møte (“meeting”), Icelandic mót (“meeting, tournament, meet”). Related to meet. The adjective derives from the noun.

## Easily confused with
- **MT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moot-vs-mt)
- **MoS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moot-vs-mos)
- **mop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moot-vs-mop)
- **MOR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moot-vs-mor)
- **mou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moot-vs-mou)
- **mot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moot-vs-mot)
- **mow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moot-vs-mow)
- **MST** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moot-vs-mst)
- **MRT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moot-vs-mrt)
- **Moz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moot-vs-moz)
- **more** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moot-vs-more)
- **most** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moot-vs-most)
- **must** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moot-vs-must)
- **move** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moot-vs-move)
- **moss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moot-vs-moss)
- **moth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moot-vs-moth)
- **moto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moot-vs-moto)
- **Mori** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moot-vs-mori)
- **mora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moot-vs-mora)
- **mort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moot-vs-mort)

## Common misspellings (3)
`mmoot`, `moott`, `omot`

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