nott
/nɒt/
"nott" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nott” is uncommon English (frequency #50,117 among 1,534 “N” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,117
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Bald.
Corpus desk
Index EN-nott · nott · English
nott · rank #50,117 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,117
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH nosey
Nearest frequency peer: nosey (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “nott”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Noriega
Noriega
49,888 corpus weight
- nosey
nosey
49,885 corpus weight
- nott
nott
49,884 corpus weight
- nub
nub
49,883 corpus weight
- Nuer
Nuer
49,882 corpus weight
- nutritional…
nutritionally
49,881 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “nott” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nott |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /nɒt/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #50,117 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nott” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
nott is uncommon English at frequency #50,117 among 1,534 “N” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /nɒt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for nott in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old English hnot, of unknown origin. The correct English form is nott, spelled N-O-T-T.
Definition
- 1Bald.
- 2Of an animal: having no horns; polled.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nott appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
For these and other reasons farmers who occupy good land in the vale with their hill farms are getting tired of the horned sheep, and use their hill farms only as summering-ground for nott sheep and bullocks.
Do ye know that riddle about the nott cows, Jonathan? Why do nott cows give less milk in a year than horned?
Etymology
From Old English hnot, of unknown origin.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.