Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

splot

/splɑt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: splot
IPA: /splɑt/

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A spot; splotch.

Etymology

From Middle English *splot (suggested by Middle English splotty (“spotted, speckled”)), from Old English splott (“spot, blot, patch or plot of land”), from Proto-West Germanic *splott, from Proto-Germanic *spluttaz (“segment”), from Proto-Indo-European *splt-no- (“an off-split, segment”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pel- (“to split”). Related to split.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: *splot, splott, *splott, *spluttaz, *splt-no-, *(s)pel-

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /splɑt/
British English: /splɒt/

Inflected Forms

splots (plural)

Derived Forms

splotty

Frequently Paired Words

splotch

Rhymes With

not got lot a lot water lot shot hot not so hot cannot white-hot red-hot spot

Questions

How do you pronounce splot?: The recorded pronunciation is /splɑt/.
What does splot mean?: A spot; splotch.
Where does splot come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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