Latta
"latta" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Latta” is uncommon English (frequency #70,823 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,823
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-latta · Latta · English
Latta · rank #70,823 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,823
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH laudanum
Nearest frequency peer: laudanum (+2 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 “Latta”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- kula
kula
29,184 corpus weight
- Latta
Latta
29,178 corpus weight
- laudanum
laudanum
29,176 corpus weight
- laughingsto…
laughingstock
29,175 corpus weight
- layaway
layaway
29,174 corpus weight
- LDC
LDC
29,173 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Latta” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Latta |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #70,823 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Latta” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Latta is uncommon English at frequency #70,823 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Latta in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Scottish surname, variant of Lawtie, a nick name from Early Scots lautee, from Anglo-Norman leauté, lauté (“loyalty, honesty”), from Old French leauté, from the adjective loial. The correct English form is Latta, spelled L-A-T-T-A.
Definition
- 1A surname.
Etymology
Scottish surname, variant of Lawtie, a nick name from Early Scots lautee, from Anglo-Norman leauté, lauté (“loyalty, honesty”), from Old French leauté, from the adjective loial.
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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