gote
/ɡoʊt/noun
gote is spelled G-O-T-E: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 39 million words in written English, the 191,932nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, gote means “A drain; sluice; ditch or gutter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of gote is gotes.
How many letters and syllables are in gote?
| Letters | 4: G-O-T-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 39 million words; the 191,932nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 gote?
Gote appears about once in every 39 million words in written English, the 191,932nd 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 gote?
- UK /ɡəʊt/
- US /ɡoʊt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with gote?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as gote from its last stressed vowel (/oʊt/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: toge.
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 gote
- gotes plural
- gout
- goat
- gott
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gote mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A drain; sluice; ditch or gutter.
[73.] Much hurte and damage being done to many townshipps by reason of two gotes or water-sewers, thone of them passing by Snape Mill to the Swale, thother coming from Firbie to Leeminge becke, both having been for long unscoured and growne
- 2
UKA drainage pipe.
- 3
ScotlandUKA deep miry place.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does gote come from?
From Middle English gote (“a drain”), from Old English *gota, *gote (“drain, gutter”), from Proto-West Germanic *gotā, from Proto-Germanic *gutǭ (“gutter”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- (“to pour”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).