lattice
/ˈlæt.ɪs/noun, verb
lattice is spelled L-A-T-T-I-C-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 18,064th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, lattice means “A flat panel constructed with widely-spaced crossed thin strips of wood or other material, commonly used as a garden trellis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of lattice is lattices.
How many letters and syllables are in lattice?
| Letters | 7: L-A-T-T-I-C-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.3 times per million words; the 18,064th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is lattice?
Lattice appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 18,064th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce lattice?
- US /ˈlæt.ɪs/
Lattice has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-lattice.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with lattice?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as lattice from its last stressed vowel (/ætɪs/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: tactile.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of lattice
- lattices plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- lettice
- latticing participle, present
- latticed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does lattice mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A flat panel constructed with widely-spaced crossed thin strips of wood or other material, commonly used as a garden trellis.
- 2
A bearing with vertical and horizontal bands that cross each other.
- 3
A regular spacing or arrangement of geometric points, often decorated with a motif.
- 4
A model of the tuning relationships of a just intonation system, comprising an array of points in a periodic multidimensional pattern.
- 5
A discrete subgroup of Rⁿ which is isomorphic to Zⁿ (considered as an additive group) and which spans the real vector space Rⁿ.
- 6
A discrete subgroup L of a given locally compact group G whose quotient space G/L has finite invariant measure.
- 7
A finitely generated R-submodule of V which spans V over F. (In this case the submodule is called an R-lattice).
- 8
A partially ordered set in which every pair of elements has a unique supremum and a unique infimum.
verb
- 1
To make a lattice of.
to lattice timbers
- 2
To close, as an opening, with latticework; to furnish with a lattice.
to lattice a window
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Lattice in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | treillis , quadrillage, grille, lattis, réseau |
| German | Gitterzaun, Gitterwerk, Gitter, Gatter, Lattengerüst , Kristallgitter |
| Portuguese | gelosia, rótula, treliça , trama, grade , reticulado |
| Spanish | celosía, enrejado, entramado , trama, cuadrícula, red cristalina |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does lattice come from?
From Middle English latis, from Middle French lattis (“lathing”), from Old French lattis, from latte (“a lath”), from Frankish *lattu (“a lath”), from Proto-Germanic *laþô (“board; plank; ledge”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)latn-, *(s)lat- (“beam; log”). Cognate with Old High German latta (“lath”), (German Latte), Old English lætt (“lath”), Middle Low German lāde (“plank, counter, sales counter”), German Laden (“shop”). More at lath.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).