wot
/wɑt/verb, interjection, pronoun, adverb
wot is spelled W-O-T: 3 letters. It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, wot means “first-person singular present indicative of wit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in wot?
| Letters | 3: W-O-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 27,820th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is wot?
Wot appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce wot?
- Australia /wɔt/
- UK /wɒt/
- US /wɑt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Words people confuse with wot
Sounds like: watt, what (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Also written: what.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with wot?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as wot from its last stressed vowel (/ɑt/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: two, tow, owt.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of wot
- wots present, singular, he/she/it
- wotting participle, present
- wotted participle, past, singular, he/she/it, plural
- wott
- wotte
- wote
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does wot mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of wit
- 2
third-person singular simple present indicative of wit
- 3
archaicTo know (a fact).
They wot not who make thither […]
interjection
- 1
Eye dialect spelling of what.
Wot, no bananas?
pronoun
- 1
Eye dialect spelling of what.
adverb
- 1
Alternative form of what (used to contradict an assumption)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does wot come from?
From wit, in return from Old English witan.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).