sot
/sɒt/noun, verb, adjective
sot is spelled S-O-T: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 40,267th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sot means “Drunkard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sot is sots.
How many letters and syllables are in sot?
| Letters | 3: S-O-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 40,267th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is sot?
Sot appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 40,267th 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 sot?
- /sɒt/
As an adjective (“Upset, unhappy or bitter about something”): /sɒt/, /sɒt/.
Sot 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-sot.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of sot
- sots plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- sotting participle, present
- sotted participle, past
- more sot comparative
- most sot superlative
- sot sot
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sot mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
archaicStupid person; fool.
- 2
Drunkard.
Take a picture by Teniers, of sots quarrelling over their dice; it is an entirely clever picture; so clever that nothing in its kind has ever been done equal to it; but it is also an entirely base and evil picture.
verb
- 1
To drink until one becomes drunk
- 2
To stupefy; to infatuate; to besot.
- 3
To short circuit, to go haywire or malfunction.
- 4
To go crazy.
adjective
- 1
colloquialvulgarUpset, unhappy or bitter about something.
- 2
Insane, crazy, screwed up.
noun
- 1
Audio recorded to accompany vision, as opposed to audio recorded later, such as voice-over.
- 2
Audio captured from a person who is on camera, such as an interviewee; a sound bite.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sot in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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 sot come from?
From Middle English sot, from Old English sot, sott (“foolish, stupid”), from Medieval Latin sottus (“foolish”), of obscure origin and relation. Possibly an expressive interjection, similar to French zut! (“damn it!”). Compare Middle Low German sot (“insane, foolish, stupid”), Middle Dutch sot ("foolish, absurd, stupid"; > modern Dutch zot), French sot (“stupid, foolish, goofy”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).