motmot
noun
motmot is spelled M-O-T-M-O-T: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 33 million words in written English, the 176,009th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, motmot means “Any bird in the taxonomic family Momotidae, endemic to the neotropics” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of motmot is motmots.
How many letters and syllables are in motmot?
| Letters | 6: M-O-T-M-O-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 33 million words; the 176,009th 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 motmot?
Motmot appears about once in every 33 million words in written English, the 176,009th 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).
What rhymes with motmot?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as motmot.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: tomtom.
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 motmot
- motmots plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does motmot mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any bird in the taxonomic family Momotidae, endemic to the neotropics.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Motmot in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Bird in the taxonomic family Momotidae:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | motmot |
| German | Sägeracke |
| Spanish | momoto |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does motmot come from?
Onomatopoeic, from American Spanish.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).