lota
/ˈləʊtə/
"lota" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lota” is uncommon English (frequency #84,470 among 16,425 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,470
- frequency rank, English
- 16,425
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A spherical pot, specifically a water pot used for washing and ablution, typically made of brass.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lota · lota · English
lota · rank #84,470 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,470
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 16,425
- PHOTO-FINISH longline
Nearest frequency peer: longline (-2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “lota”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Lippe
Lippe
15,536 corpus weight
- Lippert
Lippert
15,535 corpus weight
- lockable
lockable
15,534 corpus weight
- longline
longline
15,533 corpus weight
- lota
lota
15,531 corpus weight
- Lucretius
Lucretius
15,527 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “lota” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lota |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈləʊtə/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #84,470 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lota” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
lota is uncommon English at frequency #84,470 among 16,425 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈləʊtə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for lota, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Hindi लोटा (loṭā) / Urdu لوٹا (loṭā). (person who switches loyalties): From the fact that the lota pot has a tendency to fall over and roll around, as it is not stable sitting on its base. The correct English form is lota, spelled L-O-T-A.
Definition
- 1A spherical pot, specifically a water pot used for washing and ablution, typically made of brass.
- 2A person who switches loyalties, especially from one political party to another, engaging in lotacracy.
Etymology
From Hindi लोटा (loṭā) / Urdu لوٹا (loṭā). (person who switches loyalties): From the fact that the lota pot has a tendency to fall over and roll around, as it is not stable sitting on its base.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.