# trot

> English word · Noun · IPA /tɹɑt/ · frequency rank #22,254

## Definitions
1. A gait of a person or animal faster than a walk but slower than a run.
2. A brisk journey or progression.
3. A gait of a four-legged animal between walk and canter, a diagonal gait (in which diagonally opposite pairs of legs move together).
4. A toddler.
5. A moderately rapid dance.
6. A young animal.
7. An ugly old woman, a hag.
8. A succession of heads thrown in a game of two-up.
9. A run of luck or fortune.
10. Synonym of horse (illegitimate study aid)
11. Diarrhoea.

## Etymology
From Middle English trotten, from Old French trotter, troter (“to go, trot”), from Medieval Latin *trottō, *trotō (“to go”), from Frankish *trottōn (“to go, run”), from Proto-Germanic *trudōną, *trudaną, *tradjaną (“to go, step, tread”), from Proto-Indo-European *dreh₂- (“to run, escape”). Cognate with Old High German trottōn (“to run”), Modern German trotten (“to trot, plod”), Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽 (trudan, “to tread”), Old Norse troða (“to walk, tread”), Old English tredan (“to step, tread”). Doublet of trade and tread.

## Easily confused with
- **TT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trot-vs-tt)
- **two** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trot-vs-two)
- **try** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trot-vs-try)
- **tru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trot-vs-tru)
- **tut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trot-vs-tut)
- **TRP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trot-vs-trp)
- **true** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trot-vs-true)
- **Troy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trot-vs-troy)
- **twat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trot-vs-twat)
- **twos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trot-vs-twos)
- **twit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trot-vs-twit)
- **tuft** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trot-vs-tuft)
- **trust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trot-vs-trust)
- **truth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trot-vs-truth)
- **trout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trot-vs-trout)
- **trove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trot-vs-trove)
- **Tyrol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trot-vs-tyrol)
- **tryst** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trot-vs-tryst)
- **tryout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trot-vs-tryout)
- **to** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/to-vs-trot)

## Common misspellings (5)
`rtot`, `trott`, `trrot`, `trto`, `ttrot`

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