blotto
/ˈblɒtəʊ/
"blotto" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“blotto” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Very) drunk or intoxicated.
Corpus desk
Index EN-blotto · blotto · English
blotto · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | blotto |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈblɒtəʊ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “blotto” in English
Rare enough to double-check
blotto is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈblɒtəʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Very) drunk or intoxicated.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for blotto, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From blot + -o. The verb sense “to be annihilated or destroyed” may be related to blot out. The correct English form is blotto, spelled B-L-O-T-T-O.
Definition
- 1(Very) drunk or intoxicated.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how blotto appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dear old Squiffy was always rather a lad for the wassail-bowl. When I met him in Paris, I remember, he was quite tolerably blotto.
I drank a lot of wine – and afterwards, at Les Vikings, Akvavit – and was completely blotto (well, not completely, but enough to talk a lot and get the Hungarian talking and not be bored).
Etymology
From blot + -o. The verb sense “to be annihilated or destroyed” may be related to blot out.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.