Lettish
/ˈlɛtɪʃ/
"lettish" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Lettish” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or pertaining to the Latvian people or the Latvian language.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lettish · Lettish · English
Lettish · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lettish |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈlɛtɪʃ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Lettish” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Lettish is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈlɛtɪʃ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of or pertaining to the Latvian people or the Latvian language.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Lettish, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Lett + -ish. The correct English form is Lettish, spelled L-E-T-T-I-S-H.
Definition
- 1Of or pertaining to the Latvian people or the Latvian language.
Etymology
From Lett + -ish.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.