laters
/ˈleɪtɚz/
"laters" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“laters” is an uncommon English word, ranked #76,054 in English word frequency and used as an interjection.
- #76,054
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - See you later; an expression used at parting.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | laters |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | /ˈleɪtɚz/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #76,054 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “laters” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for laters is 6 letters long, classified as an interjection, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈleɪtɚz/. Corpus data places it at rank #76,054 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "See you later; an expression used at parting.".
Zero misspellings are on record for laters in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From later (“see you later”) + -s (hypocoristic suffix). Compare toodles and bye-byes. The correct English form is laters, spelled L-A-T-E-R-S.
Definition
- 1See you later; an expression used at parting.
Etymology
From later (“see you later”) + -s (hypocoristic suffix). Compare toodles and bye-byes.
This word in other languages
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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Using “laters”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is L-A-T-E-R-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.