lothario
/loʊˈθɛəɹioʊ/noun
lothario is spelled L-O-T-H-A-R-I-O: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 83,271st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, lothario means “Alternative letter-case form of Lothario” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of lothario is lotharios.
How many letters and syllables are in lothario?
| Letters | 8: L-O-T-H-A-R-I-O |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 83,271st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is lothario?
Lothario appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 83,271st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce lothario?
- /loʊˈθɛəɹioʊ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-ca-lothario.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of lothario
- lotharios plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does lothario mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of Lothario.
noun
- 1
A man whose chief interest is seducing, usually women.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Lothario in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense seducer:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | coureur de jupons, don Juan |
| German | Don Juan, Schürzenjäger |
| Portuguese | sedutor |
| Spanish | seductor |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does lothario come from?
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.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).