# Pluto

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈpluːtəʊ/ · frequency rank #18,398

## Definitions
1. The Greco-Roman god of the underworld.
2. The largest dwarf planet and formerly the ninth planet, represented by the symbol ♇ or ⯓, both now used mostly in astrology.
3. The American cartoon character created by Walt Disney and Norm Ferguson.

## Etymology
From Middle English Pluto, Pluton, from Latin Plūtō, from Ancient Greek Πλούτων (Ploútōn, “god of the underworld”). Doublet of Plouton. Venetia Burney is often credited as having suggested the name for the celestial body.

## Easily confused with
- **put** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pluto-vs-put)
- **PTO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pluto-vs-pto)
- **puts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pluto-vs-puts)
- **putt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pluto-vs-putt)
- **pout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pluto-vs-pout)
- **Porto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pluto-vs-porto)
- **proto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pluto-vs-proto)
- **plus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plus-vs-pluto)
- **plot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plot-vs-pluto)
- **plug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plug-vs-pluto)
- **plum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plum-vs-pluto)
- **plat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plat-vs-pluto)
- **photo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/photo-vs-pluto)
- **plate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plate-vs-pluto)
- **plugs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plugs-vs-pluto)
- **Plato** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plato-vs-pluto)
- **plush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plush-vs-pluto)
- **plume** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plume-vs-pluto)
- **plump** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plump-vs-pluto)
- **pluck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pluck-vs-pluto)

## Common misspellings (7)
`lputo`, `plluto`, `pltuo`, `pluot`, `plutto`, `ppluto`, `pulto`

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