mote

Other forms of mote

plural

motes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about mote

What does mote mean?

mote means "(nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything".

How many syllables are in mote?

mote has 1 syllable: mote. In IPA it is /ˈmoʊt/.

What is another word for mote?

Close synonyms include atom, molecule, particle, corpuscle, speck. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mote a common word?

mote is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with mote?

4 words rhyme with mote. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.