ot
/oʊt/noun
ot is spelled O-T: 2 letters and one syllable. It appears 7.1 times per million words in written English, the 8,918th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ot means “The name of the Cyrillic script letter Ѿ / ѿ” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ot is ots.
How many letters and syllables are in ot?
| Letters | 2: O-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 7.1 times per million words; the 8,918th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 ot?
Ot appears 7.1 times per million words in written English, the 8,918th 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 ot?
- UK /əʊt/
- US /oʊt/
Ot has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Words people confuse with ot
Sounds like: oat (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with ot?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as ot from its last stressed vowel (/oʊt/):
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 ot
- ots plural
- oto-
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ot mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The name of the Cyrillic script letter Ѿ / ѿ.
noun
- 1
Initialism of overtime.
- 2
Initialism of occupational therapist.
- 3
Initialism of occupational therapy.
- 4
Initialism of operational technology.
- 5
Initialism of optimality theory.
- 6
Initialism of offensive tackle.
- 7
Initialism of operating theatre.
adjective
- 1
Initialism of off-topic.
prepositional phrase
- 1
UKslangInitialism of out of town.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does ot come from?
From ὠτ- (ōt-), the stem of the Ancient Greek οὖς (oûs, “ear”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).