olote
[oˈlot̪e]
The verdict
“olote” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Raquis grueso y firme que constituye el eje o corazón de la espiga que conforma la mazorca de maíz.
Corpus desk
Index ES-olote · olote · Spanish
olote · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | olote |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [oˈlot̪e] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “olote” en español
Rare enough to double-check
olote is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [oˈlot̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Raquis grueso y firme que constituye el eje o corazón de la espiga que conforma la mazorca de maíz.".
olote has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is olote, spelled O-L-O-T-E.
Definition
- 1Raquis grueso y firme que constituye el eje o corazón de la espiga que conforma la mazorca de maíz.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.