otto
/ˈɑtoʊ/noun
otto is spelled O-T-T-O: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 4.7 times per million words in written English, the 11,685th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Otto, the name). As a noun, otto means “Alternative form of attar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of otto is ottos.
How many letters and syllables are in otto?
| Letters | 4: O-T-T-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.7 times per million words; the 11,685th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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 otto?
Otto appears 4.7 times per million words in written English, the 11,685th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Otto, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce otto?
- US /ˈɑtoʊ/
- UK /ˈɒtəʊ/
Otto has 2 syllables (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). Recordings: En-us-otto.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with otto
Also written: attar.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with otto?
9 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as otto from its last stressed vowel (/ɑtoʊ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: toot.
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 otto
- ottos plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does otto mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative form of attar.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).