Letitia
"letitia" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Letitia” is uncommon English (frequency #51,216 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,216
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A female given name from Latin, popular in medieval England; rather rare today.
Corpus desk
Index EN-letitia · Letitia · English
Letitia · rank #51,216 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,216
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH Leonie
Nearest frequency peer: Leonie (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “Letitia”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- latrobe
latrobe
48,788 corpus weight
- Leonie
Leonie
48,786 corpus weight
- Letitia
Letitia
48,785 corpus weight
- letterbox
letterbox
48,784 corpus weight
- Leuven
Leuven
48,783 corpus weight
- liana
liana
48,782 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Letitia” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Letitia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #51,216 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Letitia” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Letitia is uncommon English at frequency #51,216 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A female given name from Latin, popular in medieval England; rather rare today.".
Letitia doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Name of an obscure Spanish saint, Leticia, from Latin laetitia "gladness". The correct English form is Letitia, spelled L-E-T-I-T-I-A.
Definition
- 1A female given name from Latin, popular in medieval England; rather rare today.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Letitia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
LaPierre, who over the course of three decades became the face of the gun rights movement, stepped down Friday as NRA executive vice president and CEO, effective January 31, just days before his legal duel with New York Attorney General Letitia James.
Etymology
Name of an obscure Spanish saint, Leticia, from Latin laetitia "gladness".
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 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).