roto

[ˈrot̪o]

/[ˈrot̪o]/ adj

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The verdict

“roto” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #4,112) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#4,112
frequency rank, Spanish
4,151
“R” headwords
3
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Destrozado parcial o totalmente.

Corpus desk

Index ES-roto · roto · Spanish

roto · rank #4,112 · 3 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,112
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 3 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,151
  • PHOTO-FINISH revolucionario

Nearest frequency peer: revolucionario (-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.

Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “roto”

Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo

corpus weight

What this shows Las barras sitúan “roto” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

roto vs Roy
25% similar
roto vs Rut
25% similar
roto vs row
50% similar

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

Key facts for roto
PropertyValue
Headwordroto
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈrot̪o]
Letters4
Frequency rank#4,112
Misspellings tracked3
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “roto”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).rotocae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “revolucionario” (#4,111), “Ruedas” (#4,113), “revistas” (#4,110). Entre 4,151 lemas con “R”, “roto” va en #4,112. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for roto is neighbouring look-alikes ("Roy", "Rut", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced [ˈrot̪o]. Frequency #4,112 among 4,151 “R” headwords. 6 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for roto, with forms such as "rotto", "rroto", and "rtoo". 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, "Roy", "Rut", "row", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is roto, spelled R-O-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Destrozado parcial o totalmente.
  2. 2
    Referido a un aparato, que no funciona.
  3. 3
    Dicho de una persona, de gusto vulgar o inferior, y hábitos incultos.
  4. 4
    Dicho de una cosa, propia de alguien roto₂
  5. 5
    De condición económica muy modesta.
  6. 6
    Agotado, muy cansado.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how roto appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Crucé la cerca y me acosté a la sombra a reposar mis huesos agotados, pues estaba roto.

Synonyms

quebradoestropeadoestropeadopobre

This word in other languages

broken(English)kaputt(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rotto
  • rroto
  • rtoo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

rotto1rroto1rtoo2
Edit distance from "roto"

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 "roto"?
"roto" is spelled R-O-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈrot̪o].
What does "roto" mean?
As an adjective, "roto" means: Destrozado parcial o totalmente.
What words are commonly confused with "roto"?
"roto" is commonly confused with "Roy", "Rut", "row". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "roto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "roto" is [ˈrot̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "roto" come from?
"roto" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

rama#4,108sois#4,119park#4,099vaso#4,129

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list