# splat

> English word · Noun · IPA /splæt/ · frequency rank #41,898

## Definitions
1. The narrow wooden centre piece of a chair back.

## Etymology
From earlier splat (“to spread flat”), from Middle English splatten, splaten (“to stretch out, extend", also "to split”). Compare dialectal English splat (“flat”).

## Easily confused with
- **spot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/splat-vs-spot)
- **stat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/splat-vs-stat)
- **SWAT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/splat-vs-swat)
- **sport** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/splat-vs-sport)
- **split** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/splat-vs-split)
- **spray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/splat-vs-spray)
- **sweat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/splat-vs-sweat)
- **squat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/splat-vs-squat)
- **spout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/splat-vs-spout)
- **strat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/splat-vs-strat)
- **spurt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/splat-vs-spurt)
- **splint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/splat-vs-splint)
- **sat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sat-vs-splat)
- **spa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spa-vs-splat)
- **SLA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sla-vs-splat)
- **SPL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spl-vs-splat)
- **seat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seat-vs-splat)
- **salt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salt-vs-splat)
- **slot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slot-vs-splat)
- **span** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/span-vs-splat)

## Common misspellings (8)
`pslat`, `slpat`, `spalt`, `splatt`, `spllat`, `splta`, `spplat`, `ssplat`

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