# robot

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɹəʊ.bɒt/ · frequency rank #4,793

## Definitions
1. A system of serfdom used in Central Europe, under which a tenant's rent was paid in forced labour.

## Etymology
From German Robot, from a West Slavic language, ultimately related to Etymology 2, below.

## Easily confused with
- **rot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/robot-vs-rot)
- **roo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/robot-vs-roo)
- **room** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/robot-vs-room)
- **roof** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/robot-vs-roof)
- **root** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/robot-vs-root)
- **Romo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/robot-vs-romo)
- **rook** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/robot-vs-rook)
- **rout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/robot-vs-rout)
- **Rojo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/robot-vs-rojo)
- **roos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/robot-vs-roos)
- **rood** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/robot-vs-rood)
- **roots** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/robot-vs-roots)
- **rotor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/robot-vs-rotor)
- **roost** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/robot-vs-roost)
- **Rohit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/robot-vs-rohit)
- **robust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/robot-vs-robust)
- **Robson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/robot-vs-robson)
- **robotic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/robot-vs-robotic)
- **rob** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rob-vs-robot)
- **riot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riot-vs-robot)

## Common misspellings (7)
`orbot`, `rboot`, `robbot`, `robott`, `robto`, `roobt`, `rrobot`

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