moto

/[ˈmot̪o]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,864

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

moto is aSpanishnoun. It means: Vehículo con motor y dos ruedas, para una persona sola o para dos. Pronounced [ˈmot̪o]. It ranks #3,864 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with mou and muro.

Key facts for moto
PropertyValue
Headwordmoto
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmot̪o]
Letters4
Frequency rank#3,864
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for moto is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmot̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,864 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Vehículo con motor y dos ruedas, para una persona sola o para dos.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for moto, with forms such as "mmoto", "moot", and "motto". 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, "mou", "muro", "mudo", 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 moto, spelled M-O-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vehículo con motor y dos ruedas, para una persona sola o para dos.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mmoto,moot,motto,mtoo,omto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for moto

Misspelling Variants of "moto"

mmoto5moot4motto5mtoo4omto4
Misspelling Variants of "moto"

Frequency rank: #3,864 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "moto"?
"moto" is spelled M-O-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmot̪o].
What does "moto" mean?
As a noun, "moto" means: Vehículo con motor y dos ruedas, para una persona sola o para dos.
What words are commonly confused with "moto"?
"moto" is commonly confused with "mou", "muro", "mudo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "moto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "moto" is [ˈmot̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "moto" come from?
"moto" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter M in our Spanish index:

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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.