jota
/ˈhoʊtə/
"jota" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“jota” is uncommon English (frequency #78,738 among 4,872 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,738
- frequency rank, English
- 4,872
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A traditional popular dance of the Iberian peninsula with regional variations.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jota |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈhoʊtə/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #78,738 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jota” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
jota is uncommon English at frequency #78,738 among 4,872 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈhoʊtə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
jota has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Spanish jota. The correct English form is jota, spelled J-O-T-A.
Definition
- 1A traditional popular dance of the Iberian peninsula with regional variations.
- 2The music to which this dance is set, normally of 3/4 or 6/8 time.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish jota.
This word in other languages
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 “jota”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is J-O-T-A - 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.