cotta
noun
cotta is spelled C-O-T-T-A: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,912th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cotta means “A surplice, in England and America usually one shorter and less full than the ordinary surplice and with short sleeves, or sometimes none” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cotta is cottas.
How many letters and syllables are in cotta?
| Letters | 5: C-O-T-T-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 34,912th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 cotta?
Cotta appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,912th 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 cotta?
Cotta has 2 syllables (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).
What rhymes with cotta?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as cotta.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: catto.
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 cotta
- cottas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cotta mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A surplice, in England and America usually one shorter and less full than the ordinary surplice and with short sleeves, or sometimes none.
- 2
A kind of coarse woolen blanket.
- 3
Alternative form of katha (“unit of area”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does cotta come from?
From Medieval Latin cotta (“clerical tunic”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).