mote

Name: mote, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈmot̪e]

/[ˈmot̪e]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“mote” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #27,313. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,313
frequency rank, Spanish: 3,868
“M” headwords: 5
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sobrenombre que se le da a una persona, ya sea de forma despectiva o familiar, que deriva de una cualidad (atributo o defecto) física o psíquica, o una circunstancia.

Corpus desk

Index ES-mote · mote · Spanish

mote · rank #27,313 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-MID #27,313
LEN-MID 4 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 5 variants
BOOK-MID 3,868
PHOTO-FINISH morteros

Nearest frequency peer: morteros (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

monetarias

72,692
morteros

72,689
mote

72,688
move

72,687
movemos

72,686
moño

72,685

What this shows “mote” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

mote vs mou

50% similar

mote vs moto

75% similar

mote vs mozo

50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for mote
Property	Value
Headword	mote
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ˈmot̪e]
Letters	4
Frequency rank	#27,313
Misspellings tracked	5
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “mote”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.motecae aquí:

#27,313

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “morteros” (#27,312), “move” (#27,314), “movemos” (#27,315). Entre 3,868 lemas con “M”, “mote” va en #27,313. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around mote (IPA [ˈmot̪e]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,313 among 3,868 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for mote, with forms such as "mmote", "moet", and "motte". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mou", "moto", "mozo", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is mote, spelled M-O-T-E.

Definition

1
Sobrenombre que se le da a una persona, ya sea de forma despectiva o familiar, que deriva de una cualidad (atributo o defecto) física o psíquica, o una circunstancia.
2
Lema que llevaban como empresa los antiguos caballeros en las justas y torneos.
3
Versos que son objeto de glosa en una justa poética.
4
Sentencia breve que incluye un secreto o misterio que necesita explicación.

Synonyms

apodo apodamiento

This word in other languages

sobriquet(English)sobriquet(Français)Spitzname(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

mmote
moet
motte
mtoe
omte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mote - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "mote"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mote"?

"mote" is spelled M-O-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmot̪e].

What does "mote" mean?

As a noun, "mote" means: Sobrenombre que se le da a una persona, ya sea de forma despectiva o familiar, que deriva de una cualidad (atributo o defecto) física o psíquica, o una circunstancia.

What words are commonly confused with "mote"?

"mote" is commonly confused with "mou", "moto", "mozo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "mote"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mote" is [ˈmot̪e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "mote" come from?

"mote" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mote", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

move#27,314 moño#27,316 Milo#27,308 lion#27,289

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

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