bote
/bəʊt/
"bote" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bote” is an uncommon English word, ranked #85,054 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #85,054
- frequency rank, English
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Atonement, compensation, amends, satisfaction; as, manbote, a compensation for a man slain.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bote |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /bəʊt/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #85,054 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bote” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for bote is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /bəʊt/. Corpus data places it at rank #85,054 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for bote, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from Middle English bōte (“advantage, benefit, profit; relief, salvation; atonement, amends, expiation; cure”), from Old English bōt (“help, relief, advantage, remedy; compensation for an injury or wrong; (peace) offering, recompense, amen… The correct English form is bote, spelled B-O-T-E.
Definition
- 1Atonement, compensation, amends, satisfaction; as, manbote, a compensation for a man slain.
- 2A privilege or allowance of necessaries, especially in feudal times.
- 3A right to take wood from property not one's own.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Middle English bōte (“advantage, benefit, profit; relief, salvation; atonement, amends, expiation; cure”), from Old English bōt (“help, relief, advantage, remedy; compensation for an injury or wrong; (peace) offering, recompense, amends, atonement, reformation, penance, repentance”), from Proto-West Germanic *bōtu, from Proto-Germanic *bōtō (“recompense”). Doublet of boot (inherited from the same Middle English word).
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “bote”
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- The one correct English spelling is B-O-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /bəʊt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.