botts
"botts" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“botts” is uncommon English (frequency #95,757 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,757
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The disease caused by the maggots of the horse bot fly when they infect the stomach of a horse.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | botts |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #95,757 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “botts” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
botts is uncommon English at frequency #95,757 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for botts in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Possibly a modification of Scottish Gaelic boiteag 'maggot' The correct English form is botts, spelled B-O-T-T-S.
Definition
- 1The disease caused by the maggots of the horse bot fly when they infect the stomach of a horse.
- 2Infection by maggots under the skin of cows, or by sheep maggots in the frontal sinus of sheep.
Etymology
Possibly a modification of Scottish Gaelic boiteag 'maggot'
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 “botts”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-O-T-T-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.