loti
/ˈləʊti/noun
loti is spelled L-O-T-I: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 115,751st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, loti means “The basic monetary unit of the currency of the Kingdom of Lesotho, introduced in 1980 to replace the South African rand as legal tender” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of loti is maloti or lotis.
How many letters and syllables are in loti?
| Letters | 4: L-O-T-I |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 15 million words; the 115,751st 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; 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 loti?
Loti appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 115,751st 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 loti?
- UK /ˈləʊti/
- UK /ˈluːti/
As a noun: /ˈləʊtaɪ/.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-loti2.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-loti.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with loti?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as loti (/əʊti/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: toil.
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 loti
- maloti plural
- lotis plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does loti mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The basic monetary unit of the currency of the Kingdom of Lesotho, introduced in 1980 to replace the South African rand as legal tender.
- 2
A coin or banknote betokening a value in (ma)loti.
- 3
plural of lotus
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does loti come from?
From the Sotho loti, singular derivation of maloti, mulati (“mountains”); compare Maloti.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).