glote

/ˈɡlɔ.tɨ/

//ˈɡlɔ.tɨ// noun

The verdict

“glote” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #92,868 among 521 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,868
frequency rank, Portuguese
521
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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

Corpus desk

Index PT-glote · glote · Portuguese

glote · rank #92,868 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,868
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 521
  • PHOTO-FINISH godo

Nearest frequency peer: godo (+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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “glote”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “glote” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for glote
PropertyValue
Headwordglote
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈɡlɔ.tɨ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#92,868
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “glote” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.glotecai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “godo” (#92,869), “Gandu” (#92,857), “haveremos” (#92,890). Entre 521 lemas com “G”, “glote” fica em #92,868. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

glote is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #92,868 among 521 “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

  1. 1
    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
  2. 2
    espaço 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

glotagoto

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "glote"?
"glote" is spelled G-L-O-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈɡlɔ.tɨ/.
What does "glote" mean?
As a noun, "glote" means: 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
How do you pronounce "glote"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "glote" is /ˈɡlɔ.tɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "glote" come from?
"glote" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list