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bott

noun

bott is spelled B-O-T-T: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 64,400th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bott means “Alternative spelling of bot (the larva of the botfly)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bott is botts.

How many letters and syllables are in bott?

Letters4: B-O-T-T
Syllables1 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 5 million words; the 64,400th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is bott?

Bott appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 64,400th 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 bott?

    Bott has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Words people confuse with bott

    Also written: bot.

    Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

    Forms of bott

    • botts plural

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    What does bott mean?

    The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

    noun

    1. 1

      Alternative spelling of bot (the larva of the botfly).

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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