# twat

> English word · Noun · IPA /twæt/ · frequency rank #20,002

## Definitions
1. The vagina or vulva.
2. A contemptible and stupid person, idiot.

## Etymology
Unknown origin. Possibly cognate with Old Norse þveit (“cut, slit, forest clearing”), and if so a doublet of thwaite. May however simply be onomatopoeic or sound-symbolic.

## Easily confused with
- **two** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/twat-vs-two)
- **twp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/twat-vs-twp)
- **twin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/twat-vs-twin)
- **twig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/twat-vs-twig)
- **twos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/twat-vs-twos)
- **twit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/twat-vs-twit)
- **twist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/twat-vs-twist)
- **tweet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/twat-vs-tweet)
- **tweak** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/twat-vs-tweak)
- **TA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ta-vs-twat)
- **TT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tt-vs-twat)
- **tax** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tax-vs-twat)
- **tea** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tea-vs-twat)
- **tag** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tag-vs-twat)
- **tap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tap-vs-twat)
- **tan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tan-vs-twat)
- **tab** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tab-vs-twat)
- **tar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tar-vs-twat)
- **tha** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tha-vs-twat)
- **tad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tad-vs-twat)

## Common misspellings (5)
`tawt`, `ttwat`, `twatt`, `twta`, `twwat`

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