lactante
[lakˈt̪ãn̪t̪e]
The verdict
“lactante” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #51,725 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #51,725
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que lacta₃ (que mama); dícese del niño en el período de la primera infancia, esto es, ya nacido y con menos de un año.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lactante |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [lakˈt̪ãn̪t̪e] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #51,725 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lactante” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for lactante is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [lakˈt̪ãn̪t̪e]. Corpus data places it at rank #51,725 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
lactante doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is lactante, spelled L-A-C-T-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Que lacta₃ (que mama); dícese del niño en el período de la primera infancia, esto es, ya nacido y con menos de un año.
- 2Que lacta₁ (que amamanta).
- 3Perteneciente o relacionado con la lactancia.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “lactante”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is L-A-C-T-A-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [lakˈt̪ãn̪t̪e] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.