# sought

> English word · Verb · IPA /sɔːt/ · frequency rank #3,087

## Definitions
1. simple past and past participle of seek

## Easily confused with
- **south** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sought-vs-south)
- **sight** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sight-vs-sought)
- **slight** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slight-vs-sought)
- **slough** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slough-vs-sought)

## Common misspellings (9)
`osught`, `soguht`, `sougght`, `soughht`, `soughtt`, `sougth`, `souhgt`, `ssought`, `suoght`

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