# plough

> English word · Noun · IPA /plaʊ/ · frequency rank #25,887

## Definitions
1. A device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting.
2. Any of several other tools or implements that cut and push material.
3. Any of several other tools or implements that cut and push material.
4. Any of several other tools or implements that cut and push material.
5. The use of a plough; tillage.
6. Alternative form of Plough (Synonym of Ursa Major)
7. Alternative form of ploughland, an alternative name for a carucate or hide.
8. A yoga pose resembling a traditional plough, halāsana.

## Etymology
From Middle English plouh, plow, plugh(e), plough(e), plouw, from Old English plōh (“hide of land, ploughland”) and Old Norse plógr (“plough (the implement)”), both from Proto-Germanic *plōgaz, *plōguz (“plough”). Cognate with Scots pleuch, plou, North Frisian plog, West Frisian ploech, Low German Ploog, Dutch ploeg, Russian плуг (plug), German Pflug, Danish plov, Swedish and Norwegian plog, Icelandic plógur. Replaced Old English sulh (“plough, furrow”); see sullow.

## Easily confused with
- **plug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plough-vs-plug)
- **Pugh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plough-vs-pugh)
- **plugs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plough-vs-plugs)
- **pouch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plough-vs-pouch)
- **plush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plough-vs-plush)
- **ploughed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plough-vs-ploughed)
- **plow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plough-vs-plow)

## Common misspellings (9)
`lpough`, `pllough`, `ploguh`, `plouggh`, `ploughh`, `plouhg`, `pluogh`, `polugh`, `pplough`

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