bota

/[ˈbot̪a]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,025

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

bota is aSpanishnoun. It means: Calzado que cubre los tobillos y parte de la pierna. Pronounced [ˈbot̪a]. Often confused with boy and box.

Key facts for bota
PropertyValue
Headwordbota
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbot̪a]
Letters4
Frequency rank#15,025
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of bota in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for bota is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbot̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,025 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Calzado que cubre los tobillos y parte de la pierna.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for bota, with forms such as "bbota", "boat", and "botta". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "boy", "box", "but", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is bota, spelled B-O-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Calzado que cubre los tobillos y parte de la pierna.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbota,boat,botta,btoa,obta

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for bota

Misspelling Variants of "bota"

bbota5boat4botta5btoa4obta4
Misspelling Variants of "bota"

Frequency rank: #15,025 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bota"?
"bota" is spelled B-O-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbot̪a].
What does "bota" mean?
As a noun, "bota" means: Calzado que cubre los tobillos y parte de la pierna.
What words are commonly confused with "bota"?
"bota" is commonly confused with "boy", "box", "but". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bota"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bota" is [ˈbot̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bota" come from?
"bota" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.