boto
/ˈbəʊtəʊ/noun
boto is spelled B-O-T-O: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 138,319th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, boto means “Inia geoffrensis, a species of freshwater dolphin endemic to the Amazon river system” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of boto is botos.
How many letters and syllables are in boto?
| Letters | 4: B-O-T-O |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 21 million words; the 138,319th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 boto?
Boto appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 138,319th 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 boto?
- /ˈbəʊtəʊ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-boto.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with boto?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as boto.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: boot.
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 boto
- botos plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does boto mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Inia geoffrensis, a species of freshwater dolphin endemic to the Amazon river system
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does boto come from?
Borrowed from Portuguese boto (“boto”), of uncertain origin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).