LTM
"ltm" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“LTM” is uncommon English (frequency #78,793 among 16,425 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,793
- frequency rank, English
- 16,425
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Initialism of last twelve months.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | LTM |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #78,793 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “LTM” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
LTM is uncommon English at frequency #78,793 among 16,425 “L” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for LTM in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is LTM, spelled L-T-M.
Definition
- 1Initialism of last twelve months.
- 2Initialism of long-term memory.
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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Using “LTM”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is L-T-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
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.