# plot

> English word · Noun · IPA /plɒt/ · frequency rank #2,588

## Definitions
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.
4. A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device.
5. A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable.
6. Contrivance; deep reach thought; ability to plot or intrigue.
7. Participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
8. A plan; a purpose.
9. Attractive physical attributes of a fictional character; assets.

## Etymology
From Middle English plot, plotte, from Old English plot (“a plot of ground”), from Proto-Germanic *plataz, *platjaz (“a patch”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with 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 on or source of noun sense 5.
Noun sense 9 is a back-formation from for the plot.

## Easily confused with
- **pt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plot-vs-pt)
- **po** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plot-vs-po)
- **put** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plot-vs-put)
- **pro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plot-vs-pro)
- **pop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plot-vs-pop)
- **pot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plot-vs-pot)
- **pod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plot-vs-pod)
- **pos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plot-vs-pos)
- **Poe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plot-vs-poe)
- **poo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plot-vs-poo)
- **POW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plot-vs-pow)
- **pol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plot-vs-pol)
- **POV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plot-vs-pov)
- **PST** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plot-vs-pst)
- **pom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plot-vs-pom)
- **ply** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plot-vs-ply)
- **POC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plot-vs-poc)
- **pox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plot-vs-pox)
- **poi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plot-vs-poi)
- **PTO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plot-vs-pto)

## Common misspellings (6)
`lpot`, `pllot`, `plott`, `plto`, `polt`, `pplot`

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