gota

/[ˈgot̪a]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,785

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

gota is aSpanishnoun. It means: Volumen pequeño de agua u otro líquido delimitado casi completamente por superficies libres y generalmente con forma cercana a la de una esfera. Pronounced [ˈgot̪a]. It ranks #6,785 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with gua and guía.

Key facts for gota
PropertyValue
Headwordgota
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈgot̪a]
Letters4
Frequency rank#6,785
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for gota is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈgot̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,785 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for gota, with forms such as "ggota", "goat", and "gotta". 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, "gua", "guía", "goza", 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 gota, spelled G-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
    Volumen pequeño de agua u otro líquido delimitado casi completamente por superficies libres y generalmente con forma cercana a la de una esfera.
  2. 2
    Enfermedad dolorosa que afecta a las articulaciones y al riñón, haciendo hinchar algunas partes del cuerpo.
  3. 3
    Pequeño tronco cónico en la parte superior de las edificaciones dóricas de la Antigua Grecia, colocado en serie debajo de los triglifos (adornos rectangulares verticales) como decoración y para repeler el agua. Desde abajo se ven como gotas₁.
  4. 4
    Enfermedad que sufren ciertas plantas a causa de un hongo que hace marchitar los tallos.
  5. 5
    Porción muy pequeña de algo.
  6. 6
    Medicamento líquido que se administra en pequeñas porciones, generalmente con cuentagotas o gotero.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ggota,goat,gotta,gtoa,ogta

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for gota

Misspelling Variants of "gota"

ggota5goat4gotta5gtoa4ogta4
Misspelling Variants of "gota"

Frequency rank: #6,785 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gota"?
"gota" is spelled G-O-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈgot̪a].
What does "gota" mean?
As a noun, "gota" means: Volumen pequeño de agua u otro líquido delimitado casi completamente por superficies libres y generalmente con forma cercana a la de una esfera.
What words are commonly confused with "gota"?
"gota" is commonly confused with "gua", "guía", "goza". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gota"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gota" is [ˈgot̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gota" come from?
"gota" 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.