cote
/koʊt/noun
cote is spelled C-O-T-E: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,017th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “coat vs cote” about 20 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, cote means “A cottage or hut” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cote is cotes.
How many letters and syllables are in cote?
| Letters | 4: C-O-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 30,017th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is cote?
Cote appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,017th 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 cote?
- UK /kəʊt/
- US /koʊt/
Cote 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-cote.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with cote
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: quote.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with cote?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as cote from its last stressed vowel (/oʊt/):
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 cote
- cotes plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- coting participle, present
- coted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cote mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A cottage or hut.
- 2
A small structure built to contain domesticated animals such as sheep, pigs or pigeons.
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo go side by side with; hence, to pass by; to outrun and get before.
A dog cotes a hare.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does cote come from?
From Middle English cote, from the Old English cote, the feminine form of cot (“small house”); doublet of cot (in the sense of “cottage”) and more distantly related to cottage. Cognate to Dutch kot.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).