glote
/ˈɡlɔ.tɨ/
The verdict
“glote” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #92,868 among 1,241 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,868
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,241
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - abertura triangular na parte mais estreita da laringe, circunscrita pelas duas pregas vocais inferiores, com cerca de 16 mm de comprimento e abertura máxima de cerca de 12 mm
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | glote |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡlɔ.tɨ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #92,868 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “glote” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
glote is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #92,868 among 1,241 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɡlɔ.tɨ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for glote, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is glote, spelled G-L-O-T-E.
Definition
- 1abertura triangular na parte mais estreita da laringe, circunscrita pelas duas pregas vocais inferiores, com cerca de 16 mm de comprimento e abertura máxima de cerca de 12 mm
- 2espaço compreendido entre as pregas vocais e que, durante a respiração (e a articulação das consoantes surdas e das aspiradas), tem forma triangular, fechando-se na produção das vogais, das consoantes sonoras e dos glides, quando o fluxo de ar, ao passar através das pregas vocais levemente relaxadas, ocasiona a sua vibração, a que se dá o nome de voz ou sonoridade
Synonyms
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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “glote”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is G-L-O-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.