roto
/ˈɹəʊtəʊ/noun, verb
roto is spelled R-O-T-O: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,074th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, roto means “Clipping of rotogravure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of roto is rotos.
How many letters and syllables are in roto?
| Letters | 4: R-O-T-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 60,074th 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 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 roto?
Roto appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,074th 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 roto?
- /ˈɹəʊtəʊ/
Roto 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-roto.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with roto?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as roto.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: root, toro.
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 roto
- rotos plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- rotoing participle, present
- rotoed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does roto mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Clipping of rotogravure.
- 2
USinformalClipping of rotisserie baseball.
- 3
USinformalClipping of rotisserie sports.
- 4
A Chilean, especially a common man or lower-class Chilean.
verb
- 1
informalClipping of rotoscope.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does roto come from?
Clipping.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).