ladino
/ləˈdiːnəʊ/
"ladino" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ladino” is uncommon English (frequency #93,894 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,894
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative letter-case form of Ladino (“mestizo”).
Corpus desk
Index EN-ladino · ladino · English
ladino · rank #93,894 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,894
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH ladys
Nearest frequency peer: ladys (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “ladino”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- kuda
kuda
6,114 corpus weight
- kuya
kuya
6,111 corpus weight
- Labuan
Labuan
6,109 corpus weight
- ladino
ladino
6,107 corpus weight
- ladys
ladys
6,106 corpus weight
- Lalonde
Lalonde
6,104 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “ladino” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ladino |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ləˈdiːnəʊ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #93,894 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ladino” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ladino is uncommon English at frequency #93,894 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ləˈdiːnəʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for ladino in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Spanish ladino (“Latinized; crafty”). The correct English form is ladino, spelled L-A-D-I-N-O.
Definition
- 1Alternative letter-case form of Ladino (“mestizo”).
- 2A cunningly vicious, wild or unmanageable horse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ladino appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In the production of the ladino the white element has almost always been represented by the father […]
Yolanda's fluctuation between mestizo and ladino is symptomatic of this analytical dilemma. Her inclination to embrace mestizaje signals a deep process of social change underway, in which critical ladino / mestizo self-making has played [a part...]
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish ladino (“Latinized; crafty”).
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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