lento
/ˈlɛntəʊ/
"lento" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lento” is uncommon English (frequency #82,484 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,484
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Slow (45–60 bpm).
Corpus desk
Index EN-lento · lento · English
lento · rank #82,484 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,484
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH lectionary
Nearest frequency peer: lectionary (-4 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 “lento”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Lassa
Lassa
17,523 corpus weight
- leafing
leafing
17,522 corpus weight
- lectionary
lectionary
17,521 corpus weight
- lento
lento
17,517 corpus weight
- Lindon
Lindon
17,512 corpus weight
- Linnean
Linnean
17,511 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “lento” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lento |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈlɛntəʊ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #82,484 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “lento” in English
Rare enough to double-check
lento is uncommon English at frequency #82,484 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈlɛntəʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Slow (45–60 bpm).".
Zero misspellings are on record for lento in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Italian lento. The correct English form is lento, spelled L-E-N-T-O.
Definition
- 1Slow (45–60 bpm).
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian lento.
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); 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
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).