Latour
"latour" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Latour” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #48,858. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,858
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from French.
Corpus desk
Index EN-latour · Latour · English
Latour · rank #48,858 · 8 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,858
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH lav
Nearest frequency peer: lav (+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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Latour”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Laney
Laney
51,147 corpus weight
- Lanza
Lanza
51,146 corpus weight
- Latour
Latour
51,143 corpus weight
- lav
lav
51,142 corpus weight
- leapfrog
leapfrog
51,141 corpus weight
- lemur
lemur
51,140 corpus weight
What this shows “Latour” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Latour |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #48,858 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Latour”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Latour, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #48,858 among 2,297 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A surname from French.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Latour, with forms such as "altour", "laotur", and "latoru". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "latter", "layout", "later", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French Latour. The correct English form is Latour, spelled L-A-T-O-U-R.
Definition
- 1A surname from French.
Etymology
From French Latour.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- altour
- laotur
- latoru
- latourr
- lattour
- latuor
- llatour
- ltaour
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Latour - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Latour", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).