English pronunciation · Words Starting with B
Bot Pronunciation
Bot is pronounced BAWT, IPA /ˈbɔt/.
BAWT
US /ˈbɔt/
Syllables: BAWT (1 syllable)
noun: A program that carries out automated tasks over a network.
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Bot in a Sentence
- Most of that traffic came from a bot.
- The support bot answers the first question and gives up.
- A bot had filled in the form four hundred times.
Common Mispronunciations of Bot
Not BOHT
Boat stretches to a long oh and this word does not: the vowel is short and open, as in hot.
Not BOHT-net
Botnet and chatbot keep the same short vowel the plain word has, which a long oh would spoil.
Tip: Bought and bot are a pair for many American speakers, since the vowel matches and the gh says nothing.
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