lates
/ˈleɪtiːz/
"lates" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lates” is uncommon English (frequency #77,852 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,852
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of various large fish of genus Lates, especially the Nile perch (Lates niloticus) and the barramundi (Lates calcarifer).
Corpus desk
Index EN-lates · lates · English
lates · rank #77,852 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,852
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH Larnaca
Nearest frequency peer: Larnaca (-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 “lates”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Lansdale
Lansdale
22,153 corpus weight
- Lanzhou
Lanzhou
22,152 corpus weight
- Larnaca
Larnaca
22,150 corpus weight
- lates
lates
22,149 corpus weight
- lawfulness
lawfulness
22,147 corpus weight
- Lawndale
Lawndale
22,146 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “lates” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lates |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈleɪtiːz/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #77,852 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “lates” in English
Rare enough to double-check
lates is uncommon English at frequency #77,852 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈleɪtiːz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any of various large fish of genus Lates, especially the Nile perch (Lates niloticus) and the barramundi (Lates calcarifer).".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for lates, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Scientific Latin, from Ancient Greek λάτος (látos, “Nile perch”), of uncertain origin. The correct English form is lates, spelled L-A-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Any of various large fish of genus Lates, especially the Nile perch (Lates niloticus) and the barramundi (Lates calcarifer).
Etymology
Scientific Latin, from Ancient Greek λάτος (látos, “Nile perch”), of uncertain origin.
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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