LTM
"ltm" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“LTM” is uncommon English (frequency #78,793 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,793
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Initialism of last twelve months.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ltm · LTM · English
LTM · rank #78,793 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,793
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH lowing
Nearest frequency peer: lowing (-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 “LTM”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- locative
locative
21,213 corpus weight
- lovat
lovat
21,210 corpus weight
- lowing
lowing
21,209 corpus weight
- LTM
LTM
21,208 corpus weight
- luan
luan
21,207 corpus weight
- lumpkin
lumpkin
21,204 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “LTM” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “LTM” in English
Rare enough to double-check
LTM is uncommon English at frequency #78,793 among 2,297 “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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how LTM appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The distinction between STM and LTM should not be taken for granted. Due to the strong interactions between these distinct processes, they can be confused or lumped together.
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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