ort
/ɔːt/
"ort" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ort” is an uncommon English word, ranked #60,328 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #60,328
- frequency rank, English
- 3
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A fragment; a scrap of leftover food; any remainder; a piece of refuse.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ort |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɔːt/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #60,328 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ort” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for ort is 3 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɔːt/. Corpus data places it at rank #60,328 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for ort in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English orte, from Old English *oreta (“that which is left after eating”, literally “out-eat”); for more, see Old English or-, English eat. Cognate with Middle Low German orte (“refuse of food”), Middle Dutch ooraete, ooreete, Low German ort (“o… The correct English form is ort, spelled O-R-T.
Definition
- 1A fragment; a scrap of leftover food; any remainder; a piece of refuse.
- 2A small coin, formerly used in central Europe.
Etymology
From Middle English orte, from Old English *oreta (“that which is left after eating”, literally “out-eat”); for more, see Old English or-, English eat. Cognate with Middle Low German orte (“refuse of food”), Middle Dutch ooraete, ooreete, Low German ort (“ort”), Middle High German urez, German Uräß and also German Ort (“quarter (of a thaler, etc)”). As the term for a coin, probably borrowed from the central European languages which used it: German Ort (“quarter (of a thaler)”), Polish ort (“coin”), etc.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “ort”
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- The one correct English spelling is O-R-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.