plot
/plɑt/noun, verb
plot is spelled P-L-O-T: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 38 times per million words in written English, the 2,581st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, plot means “The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of plot is plots.
How many letters and syllables are in plot?
| Letters | 4: P-L-O-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 38 times per million words; the 2,581st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 plot?
Plot appears 38 times per million words in written English, the 2,581st 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 plot?
- UK /plɒt/
- US /plɑt/
- /plɑt̞/
Plot has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-plot.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with plot?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as plot from its last stressed vowel (/ɑt/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: polt.
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 plot
- plots plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- plotting participle, present
- plotted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does plot mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
- 2
An area or land used for building on or planting on.
- 3
A grave.
He's buried in the family plot.
- 4
A ground plan, map; a nautical chart.
- 5
A sketch or outline detailing the arrangement of something; a plan.
- 6
A synopsis of a literary work.
- 7
A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device.
- 8
A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable.
The plot would have enabled them to get a majority on the board.
verb
- 1
To conceive (a crime, misdeed etc).
They had plotted a robbery.
- 2
To trace out (a graph or diagram).
They plotted the number of edits per day.
- 3
To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc).
Every five minutes they plotted their position.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Plot in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | intrigue , lopin, terrain , diagramme, graphique , complot |
| German | Handlung, Plot , Grundstück, Parzelle , Ausdruck, Zeichnung |
| Portuguese | argumento, trama, enredo, intriga , lote, terreno |
| Spanish | argumento, trama, hilo argumental, intriga , solar, finca |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does plot come from?
From Middle English plot, plotte, from late Old English plot (“a plot of ground”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *plataz, *platjaz (“a patch”); or alternatively, perhaps from a rebracketing of Old English land-splott (“small portion, or plot, of ground”) taken as landes-plot (“plot of land”). Compare Middle Low German plet (“patch, strip of cloth, rags”), German Bletz (“rags, bits, strip of land”), and possibly Gothic 𐍀𐌻𐌰𐍄 (plat, “a patch, rags”). See also plat. See also complot for an influence and reinforcement of noun sense 8.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).