latifundium

noun

"latifundium" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“latifundium” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A great landed estate with absentee ownership and labor often in a state of partial servitude.

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Index EN-latifundium · latifundium · English

latifundium · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "L" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for latifundium
PropertyValue
Headwordlatifundium
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “latifundium” in English

latifundiumranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

latifundium is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A great landed estate with absentee ownership and labor often in a state of partial servitude.".

latifundium has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin lātifundium, from lātus (“wide, extensive”) + fundus (“ground, base, estate, farm”). Doublet of latifundio. The correct English form is latifundium, spelled L-A-T-I-F-U-N-D-I-U-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    A great landed estate with absentee ownership and labor often in a state of partial servitude.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how latifundium appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The conclusive military victory of Philip V left the grandees stranded, still rich and still powerful on their latifundia, but stripped of the ‘aristocratic republicanism’ they had previously enjoyed.
  2. His vision for the future of the African continent in the Age of the Aerotropolis seems to be as a vast latifundium sown with GM wheat.

Etymology

From Latin lātifundium, from lātus (“wide, extensive”) + fundus (“ground, base, estate, farm”). Doublet of latifundio.

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "latifundium"?
"latifundium" is spelled L-A-T-I-F-U-N-D-I-U-M.
What does "latifundium" mean?
As a noun, "latifundium" means: A great landed estate with absentee ownership and labor often in a state of partial servitude.
What is the origin of the word "latifundium"?
From Latin lātifundium, from lātus (“wide, extensive”) + fundus (“ground, base, estate, farm”). Doublet of latifundio. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list