rotos

/[ˈrot̪os]/ participle

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,418

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

rotos is aSpanishparticiple. It means: Forma del plural de roto, participio de romper. Pronounced [ˈrot̪os]. Often confused with royo and rusos.

Key facts for rotos
PropertyValue
Headwordrotos
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechParticiple
IPA[ˈrot̪os]
Letters5
Frequency rank#10,418
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for rotos is 5 letters long, classified as aparticiple, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈrot̪os]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,418 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de roto, participio de romper.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for rotos, with forms such as "roots", "rotoss", and "rotso". 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, "royo", "rusos", "Rozas", 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 rotos, spelled R-O-T-O-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de roto, participio de romper.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: roots,rotoss,rotso,rottos,rrotos,rtoos

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for rotos

Misspelling Variants of "rotos"

roots5rotoss6rotso5rottos6rrotos6rtoos5
Misspelling Variants of "rotos"

Frequency rank: #10,418 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rotos"?
"rotos" is spelled R-O-T-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈrot̪os].
What does "rotos" mean?
As a participle, "rotos" means: Forma del plural de roto, participio de romper.
What words are commonly confused with "rotos"?
"rotos" is commonly confused with "royo", "rusos", "Rozas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rotos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rotos" is [ˈrot̪os]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rotos" come from?
"rotos" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.