# Lesotho

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ləˈsuːtuː/ · frequency rank #34,568

## Definitions
1. A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Kingdom of Lesotho. Capital: Maseru.

## Etymology
From Sotho Lesotho (“Land of the Basotho (Sotho people)”).

## Common misspellings (10)
`elsotho`, `leostho`, `lesohto`, `lesothho`, `lesotoh`, `lesottho`, `lessotho`, `lestoho`, `llesotho`, `lseotho`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/lesotho