adverb | negation of a word or group of words

n'ot (IPA: nˈɒt)

not (no hyphenation) (3 letters | 1 syllable)

1250 (High Middle ages) (775 years ago)

written: 22nd most common (1 in 217 words) ( > 99% adverb)

spoken: 29th most common (1 in 213 words)

(includes some inflected forms)

non

allot | baht | blot | bought | caught | clot | cot | dot | forgot | got | hot | jot | khat | knot | lat | ... (total: 28) (based on typical American pronunciation)

knot | naught

cot | dot | Dot | got | hot | jot | knot | lot | Lot | mot | nob | nod | non | nor | note | now | nowt | pot | rot | snot | sot | tot | wot (total: 23)

ton

cape forget-me-not | Chinese forget-me-not | forget-me-not | garden forget-me-not | have-not | if not | last but not least | last not least | more often than not | not bad | ... (total: 18)

Mandarin Chinese: | 不 (adverb) Hindi: | नहीं (adverb) Arabic: | لَم (adverb) Spanish: | no (general) French: | pas (general) | ne pas (general) | point (general)

Not (US population: 240 people, white: 77%)

God Is Not Great (Christopher Hitchens) | Not as a Stranger (Morton Thompson) | Not Built with Hands (Helen C. White) | Once Is Not Enough (Jacqueline Susann) | Touch Not the Cat (Mary Stewart) | ... (total: 10)

To Have and Have Not | To Be or Not to Be | To Be or Not to Be | This Is Not a Love Song | The World Is Not Enough | ... (total: 22)

not.com | not.net | not.info | not.biz

"As if!" | "Forget it!" | "Hardly!" | "Hardly" | "I should say ___!" | "I think ___" | "I'm ___ in Love" (1975 hit) | "I'm kidding!" | "Judge ___, ..." | "Just kidding!" | "Just the opposite!" | "She loves me ___" | ... (total: 58) (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

3 (International English) | 3 (North American English)