# snort

> English word · Noun · IPA /snɔɹt/ · frequency rank #28,731

## Definitions
1. The sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly through the nose.
2. A dose of snuff or other drug to be snorted.
3. A consumed portion of alcoholic drink.
4. A submarine snorkel.

## Etymology
From Middle English snorten, from earlier fnorten, from Old English *fnorettan, related to Middle English snoren, fnoren, from Old English fnora. See snore and sneeze for more on the change from fn- to sn-.

## Easily confused with
- **Snr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snort-vs-snr)
- **sor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snort-vs-sor)
- **sot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snort-vs-sot)
- **sort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snort-vs-sort)
- **spot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snort-vs-spot)
- **soft** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snort-vs-soft)
- **snow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snort-vs-snow)
- **sore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snort-vs-sore)
- **soot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snort-vs-soot)
- **sora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snort-vs-sora)
- **snot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snort-vs-snot)
- **swot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snort-vs-swot)
- **start** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snort-vs-start)
- **story** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snort-vs-story)
- **store** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snort-vs-store)
- **sport** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snort-vs-sport)
- **storm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snort-vs-storm)
- **sword** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snort-vs-sword)
- **sorts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snort-vs-sorts)
- **sworn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snort-vs-sworn)

## Common misspellings (8)
`nsort`, `snnort`, `snorrt`, `snortt`, `snotr`, `snrot`, `sonrt`, `ssnort`

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