# rota

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɹəʊtə/ · frequency rank #41,860

## Definitions
1. A schedule that allocates some task, responsibility or (rarely) privilege between a set of people according to a (possibly periodic) calendar.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin rota (“wheel”). Doublet of rotor and ruote.

## Easily confused with
- **RT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rota-vs-rt)
- **row** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rota-vs-row)
- **Roy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rota-vs-roy)
- **RSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rota-vs-rsa)
- **rut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rota-vs-rut)
- **RTD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rota-vs-rtd)
- **RTC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rota-vs-rtc)
- **RTA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rota-vs-rta)
- **Rua** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rota-vs-rua)
- **ruth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rota-vs-ruth)
- **rows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rota-vs-rows)
- **Roth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rota-vs-roth)
- **Rowe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rota-vs-rowe)
- **Roxy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rota-vs-roxy)
- **rout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rota-vs-rout)
- **roux** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rota-vs-roux)
- **ROTC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rota-vs-rotc)
- **rote** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rota-vs-rote)
- **rove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rota-vs-rove)
- **ROTS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rota-vs-rots)

## Common misspellings (5)
`orta`, `roat`, `rotta`, `rrota`, `rtoa`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/rota