-ote
[ˈot̪e]
The verdict
“-ote” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a suffix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Indica aumentativo y/o despectivo en sustantivos y adjetivos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ote · -ote · Spanish
-ote · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "-" 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 | -ote |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Suffix |
| IPA | [ˈot̪e] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “-ote” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
-ote is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as asuffix, transcribed [ˈot̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Indica aumentativo y/o despectivo en sustantivos y adjetivos.".
Zero misspellings are on record for -ote in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is -ote, spelled --O-T-E.
Definition
- 1Indica aumentativo y/o despectivo en sustantivos y adjetivos.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how -ote appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
abrazo → abrazote • papel → papelote.
This word in other languages
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.