nowt
/naʊt/pronoun, noun, adverb
nowt is spelled N-O-W-T: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 59,387th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a pronoun, nowt means “Naught, nothing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in nowt?
| Letters | 4: N-O-W-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 59,387th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is nowt?
Nowt appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 59,387th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce nowt?
- /naʊt/
- [naʊʔ]
- [nɔʊʔ]
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-nowt.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with nowt?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as nowt.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: town, wont.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of nowt
- nowts plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does nowt mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
pronoun
- 1
Naught, nothing.
noun
- 1
Naught, nothing.
- 2
A person of no importance; a worthless person; a ne'er-do-well.
- 3
ScotlandAn ox.
- 4
ScotlandA herd of cattle.
- 5
ScotlandA dumb, crass, or clumsy person, or a person who is difficult or stubborn.
adverb
- 1
Naught, nothing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does nowt come from?
Dialectal pronunciation of naught. Akin to West Frisian neat (“nothing”), German nichts (“nothing”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).