Republic of Latvia
"republic-of-latvia" is a 16-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Republic of Latvia” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a proper noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Official name of Latvia: a country in northeastern Europe.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Republic of Latvia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Republic of Latvia” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Republic of Latvia is 18 letters long, classified as a proper noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Official name of Latvia: a country in northeastern Europe.".
Republic of Latvia doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Calque of Latvian Latvijas Republika. The correct English form is Republic of Latvia, spelled R-E-P-U-B-L-I-C- -O-F- -L-A-T-V-I-A.
Definition
- 1Official name of Latvia: a country in northeastern Europe.
Etymology
Calque of Latvian Latvijas Republika.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Republic of Latvia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is R-E-P-U-B-L-I-C- -O-F- -L-A-T-V-I-A - 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.