bote
/boʊt/noun
bote is spelled B-O-T-E: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 85,266th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bote means “Atonement, compensation, amends, satisfaction; as, manbote, a compensation for a man slain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bote is botes.
How many letters and syllables are in bote?
| Letters | 4: B-O-T-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 85,266th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 bote?
Bote appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 85,266th 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 bote?
- UK /bəʊt/
- US /boʊt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-bote.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with bote?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as bote from its last stressed vowel (/oʊt/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: tobe, boet.
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 bote
- botes plural
- bot
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bote mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Atonement, compensation, amends, satisfaction; as, manbote, a compensation for a man slain.
- 2
A privilege or allowance of necessaries, especially in feudal times.
- 3
A right to take wood from property not one's own.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does bote come from?
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).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).