IOT
noun
IOT is spelled I-O-T: 3 letters. It appears 3.2 times per million words in written English, the 14,731st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, IOT means “Initialism of interoperator tariff” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of IOT is IOTs.
How many letters and syllables are in IOT?
| Letters | 3: I-O-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | 3.2 times per million words; the 14,731st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is IOT?
IOT appears 3.2 times per million words in written English, the 14,731st 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).
Forms of IOT
- IOTs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does IOT mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Initialism of interoperator tariff.
- 2
Initialism of index-organized table, a type of database's table where the data is stored in a B-tree index structure.
- 3
Initialism of input-output transfer, instructions for computers as in the PDP-8.
- 4
Initialism of interoperability testing, a process of testing to determine the interoperability of a software product.
- 5
Initialism of inductive output tube.
- 6
Initialism of in-out-through.
- 7
Initialism of in order to.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does IOT come from?
Back-formation of Cypriot, from Ancient Greek Κυπριώτης (Kupriṓtēs, “Cypriot”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).