laters
/ˈleɪtɚz/
"laters" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“laters” is uncommon English (frequency #76,054 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,054
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - See you later; an expression used at parting.
Corpus desk
Index EN-laters · laters · English
laters · rank #76,054 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,054
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH Largs
Nearest frequency peer: Largs (-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 “laters”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Lahaina
Lahaina
23,950 corpus weight
- Largs
Largs
23,948 corpus weight
- laters
laters
23,947 corpus weight
- Lebeau
Lebeau
23,946 corpus weight
- Leghorn
Leghorn
23,945 corpus weight
- Lehi
Lehi
23,944 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “laters” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “laters” in English
Rare enough to double-check
laters is uncommon English at frequency #76,054 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed /ˈleɪtɚz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how laters appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
But all she says is “Ring us if you want to go out this week. Laters!” and puts the phone down.
‘Shanks,’ says Trevor into his mobile, ‘we just gone down a snake. I’ll see ya tomorrow, laters.’
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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