Lesotho
[leˈzoːto]
The verdict
“Lesotho” is uncommon German (frequency #90,569 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,569
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Staat im südlichen Afrika
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lesotho |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [leˈzoːto] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #90,569 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Lesotho” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Lesotho is uncommon German at frequency #90,569 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [leˈzoːto]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Staat im südlichen Afrika".
Lesotho has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Lesotho, spelled L-E-S-O-T-H-O.
Definition
- 1Staat im südlichen Afrika
Synonyms
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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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Lesotho”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is L-E-S-O-T-H-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [leˈzoːto] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.