Lothario
/loʊˈθɛəɹioʊ/
"lothario" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Lothario” is uncommon English (frequency #83,469 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,469
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A man whose chief interest is seducing, usually women.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lothario · Lothario · English
Lothario · rank #83,469 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,469
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH loquacious
Nearest frequency peer: loquacious (-1 rank slots)
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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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Lothario”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Litvinenko
Litvinenko
16,538 corpus weight
- longhouse
longhouse
16,535 corpus weight
- loquacious
loquacious
16,533 corpus weight
- Lothario
Lothario
16,532 corpus weight
- LPR
LPR
16,529 corpus weight
- Lynwood
Lynwood
16,526 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Lothario” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lothario |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /loʊˈθɛəɹioʊ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #83,469 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Lothario” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Lothario is uncommon English at frequency #83,469 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /loʊˈθɛəɹioʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A man whose chief interest is seducing, usually women.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Lothario in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Named after Lothario, a character in the play The Fair Penitent, a reference to a seducer of the same name in the metastory of the Quixote called The Impertinent Curious Man. The correct English form is Lothario, spelled L-O-T-H-A-R-I-O.
Definition
- 1A man whose chief interest is seducing, usually women.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Lothario appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
High times, indeed, if unprincipled young rakes like him are to be permitted to invade the sanctity of domestic bliss; though do what the Bashaw will, he cannot keep the most notorious Lothario out of his bed; for alas! all fish bed in common.
He warned her 'gainst seductive youths in scarlet clad and gold, / As much as 'gainst the blandishments paternal of the old; / But kept his gravest warnings for (hereby my ditty hangs) / That snowy-haired Lothario Lieutenant-General Bangs.
Etymology
Named after Lothario, a character in the play The Fair Penitent, a reference to a seducer of the same name in the metastory of the Quixote called The Impertinent Curious Man.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.