otto

\ˈo.tːo\

/\ˈo.tːo\/ noun

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The verdict

“otto” sits in 19 confusable pairs (corpus #14,527) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#14,527
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
2
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prise, retrait, adoption.

Corpus desk

Index FR-otto · otto · French

otto · rank #14,527 · 2 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,527
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 2 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH oracle

Nearest frequency peer: oracle (-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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « otto »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « otto » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des 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).

otto vs out
50% similar
otto vs ont
50% similar
otto vs OOO
0% similar

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

Key facts for otto
PropertyValue
Headwordotto
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈo.tːo\
Letters4
Frequency rank#14,527
Misspellings tracked2
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « otto »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).ottose place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « oracle » (#14,526), « Owen » (#14,528), « offices » (#14,525). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « otto » est au #14,527. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for otto is neighbouring look-alikes ("out", "ont", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \ˈo.tːo\. Frequency #14,527 among 1,642 “O” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 2 likely wrong-spelling variants for otto, including "oto" and "otot". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "out", "ont", "OOO", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is otto, spelled O-T-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prise, retrait, adoption.
  2. 2
    Prélèvement (bancaire).
  3. 3
    Tournage, prise (de vue, de scène).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Vastuunotto.
  2. Haltuunotto.

Synonyms

nosto

Antonyms

antopano

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oto
  • otot

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of otto - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

oto1otot2
Edit distance from "otto"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "otto"?
"otto" is spelled O-T-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈo.tːo\.
What does "otto" mean?
As a noun, "otto" means: Prise, retrait, adoption.
What words are commonly confused with "otto"?
"otto" is commonly confused with "out", "ont", "OOO". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "otto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "otto" is \ˈo.tːo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "otto" come from?
"otto" is a French 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 French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Owen#14,528paca#14,529mimi#14,512loir#14,502

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list