# snot

> English word · Noun · IPA /snɒt/ · frequency rank #32,596

## Definitions
1. Mucus, especially mucus from the nose.
2. A contemptible child.
3. A mean fellow.
4. The flamed out wick of a candle.

## Etymology
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. Related also to snite.
Cognate with North Frisian snot (“snot”), Saterland Frisian Snotte (“snot”), West Frisian snotte (“snot”), Dutch snot (“snot”), German Low German Snött (“snot”), dialectal German Schnutz (“snot”), Danish snot (“snot”), Norwegian snott (“snot”).

## Easily confused with
- **so** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snot-vs-so)
- **son** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snot-vs-son)
- **sox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snot-vs-sox)
- **sol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snot-vs-sol)
- **soy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snot-vs-soy)
- **SNP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snot-vs-snp)
- **sow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snot-vs-sow)
- **SOS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snot-vs-sos)
- **SOB** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snot-vs-sob)
- **sod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snot-vs-sod)
- **som** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snot-vs-som)
- **soe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snot-vs-soe)
- **sop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snot-vs-sop)
- **soi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snot-vs-soi)
- **SoA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snot-vs-soa)
- **sou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snot-vs-sou)
- **Snr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snot-vs-snr)
- **SNS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snot-vs-sns)
- **sor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snot-vs-sor)
- **sot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snot-vs-sot)

## Common misspellings (6)
`nsot`, `snnot`, `snott`, `snto`, `sont`, `ssnot`

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