motes
[ˈmot̪es]
The verdict
“motes” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #67,941 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,941
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En el juego de los estrechos, aleluyas que por sorteo acompañan a los nombres de los participantes.
Corpus desk
Index ES-motes · motes · Spanish
motes · rank #67,941 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,941
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH motas
Nearest frequency peer: motas (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “motes”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- morderse
morderse
32,064 corpus weight
- morfológico
morfológico
32,063 corpus weight
- motas
motas
32,061 corpus weight
- motes
motes
32,060 corpus weight
- musgos
musgos
32,057 corpus weight
- myra
myra
32,056 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “motes” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | motes |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmot̪es] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #67,941 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “motes” en español
Rare enough to double-check
motes is uncommon Spanish at frequency #67,941 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmot̪es]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "En el juego de los estrechos, aleluyas que por sorteo acompañan a los nombres de los participantes.".
No misspelling variants are generated for motes in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is motes, spelled M-O-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1En el juego de los estrechos, aleluyas que por sorteo acompañan a los nombres de los participantes.
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.
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