snot
/snɑt/noun, verb
snot is spelled S-N-O-T: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 32,393rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, snot means “Mucus, especially mucus from the nose” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of snot is snots.
How many letters and syllables are in snot?
| Letters | 4: S-N-O-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 32,393rd 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 snot?
Snot appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 32,393rd 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 snot?
- UK /snɒt/
- US /snɑt/
Snot 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-au-snot.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with snot?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as snot from its last stressed vowel (/ɑt/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: tons.
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 snot
- snots plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- snotting participle, present
- snotted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does snot mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
informalMucus, especially mucus from the nose.
- 2
slangvulgarSemen.
- 3
slangA contemptible child.
- 4
obsoleteslangA mean fellow.
- 5
The flamed out wick of a candle.
verb
- 1
informalTo blow, wipe, or clear (the nose).
- 2
informalTo sniff or snivel; to produce snot, to have a runny nose.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Snot in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | morve, roupie , morveux , moucher |
| German | Rotz, Rotze, Schnodder, Nasenschleim , Rotznase |
| Portuguese | muco, ranho, tatu , pivete, pirralho |
| Spanish | mocoso |
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 snot come from?
From Middle English snot, snotte, from Old English ġesnot, *snott, from Proto-West Germanic *snott, *snutt, from Proto-Germanic *snuttuz (“nasal mucus”), from the same base as snout; ultimately of onomatopoeic or sound-symbolic origin (compare sniff, snuff, snoot, snook), but possibly continuing Proto-Indo-European *snew-t- (“to flow, run”). Related also to snite.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).