# spat

> English word · Verb · IPA /spæt/ · frequency rank #19,703

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

## Etymology
From Old English spittan, spætan.

## Easily confused with
- **spy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spat-vs-spy)
- **STA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spat-vs-sta)
- **SPD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spat-vs-spd)
- **SPF** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spat-vs-spf)
- **SPS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spat-vs-sps)
- **SSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spat-vs-ssa)
- **SPL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spat-vs-spl)
- **SPR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spat-vs-spr)
- **SST** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spat-vs-sst)
- **stay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spat-vs-stay)
- **star** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spat-vs-star)
- **spot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spat-vs-spot)
- **suit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spat-vs-suit)
- **spin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spat-vs-spin)
- **stan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spat-vs-stan)
- **stat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spat-vs-stat)
- **swap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spat-vs-swap)
- **spit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spat-vs-spit)
- **swan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spat-vs-swan)
- **stab** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spat-vs-stab)

## Common misspellings (5)
`sapt`, `spatt`, `sppat`, `spta`, `sspat`

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