slot
/slɑt/noun, verb
slot is spelled S-L-O-T: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 12 times per million words in written English, the 6,138th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, slot means “A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; especially, one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding into it” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of slot is slots.
How many letters and syllables are in slot?
| Letters | 4: S-L-O-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 12 times per million words; the 6,138th 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 slot?
Slot appears 12 times per million words in written English, the 6,138th 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 slot?
- UK /slɒt/
- US /slɑt/
Slot 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-slot.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with slot?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as slot from its last stressed vowel (/ɑt/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: lost, lots.
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 slot
- slots plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- slotting participle, present
- slotted participle, past
- slote
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does slot mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; especially, one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding into it.
insert tab A into slot B
- 2
A period of time or position within a schedule or sequence.
I've booked your haircut for the 2 p.m. slot.
- 3
informalClipping of slot machine (“a game of chance played for money using a coin slot”).
I walked past the poker tables and went straight to the slots.
- 4
The track of an animal, especially a deer; spoor.
- 5
A crack or fissure in a glacier or snowfield; a chasm; a crevasse.
- 6
slangThe vulva.
- 7
The allocated time for an aircraft's departure or arrival at an airport's runway.
- 8
A space in memory or on disk etc. in which a particular type of object can be stored.
The game offers four save slots.
- 9
A broad, flat, wooden bar, a slat, especially as used to secure a door, window, etc.
- 10
A metal bolt or wooden bar, especially as a crosspiece.
- 11
ScotlandAn implement for barring, bolting, locking or securing a door, box, gate, lid, window or the like.
- 12
obsoleteA fort or castle.
verb
- 1
To put something (such as a coin) into a slot (narrow aperture).
- 2
To assign something or someone into a slot (gap in a schedule or sequence).
- 3
To create a slot (narrow aperture or groove), as for example by cutting or machining.
- 4
To put something where it belongs.
- 5
UKslangTo kill.
- 6
To fall, or cause to fall, into a crevasse.
- 7
informalTo kick the ball between the posts for a goal; to score a goal by doing this.
- 8
ScotlandobsoleteTo bar, bolt or lock a door or window.
- 9
UKobsoleteTo shut with violence; to slam.
to slot a door
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Slot in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | emplacement, fente , créneau , barre |
| German | Schlitz, Nut , Startfenster , Türriegel |
| Portuguese | fenda, ranhura, abertura , faixa horária |
| Spanish | ranura, hendidura, muesca, rehendija, redendija |
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 slot come from?
From Middle English slot, from Old French esclot, likely from Old Norse slóð (“track”). As a gambling machine, via clipping of slot machine. Compare sleuth. The scheduling (calendar) sense is by a metaphor whereby the time span is equated with the segment of a page or part of a device that represents it.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).