lastre
[ˈlast̪ɾe]
The verdict
“lastre” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #21,381 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #21,381
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Piedra de mala calidad y en lajas resquebrajadas, ancha y de poco grueso, que está en la superficie de la cantera, la cual no sirve para labrarse, y sólo sirve para las obras de mampostería.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lastre |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlast̪ɾe] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #21,381 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lastre” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for lastre is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈlast̪ɾe]. Corpus data places it at rank #21,381 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Piedra de mala calidad y en lajas resquebrajadas, ancha y de poco grueso, que está en la superficie de la cantera, la cual no sirve para labrarse, y sólo sirve para las obras de mampostería.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for lastre, with forms such as "alstre", "lasrte", and "lasstre". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "late", "lustro", "last", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is lastre, spelled L-A-S-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1Piedra de mala calidad y en lajas resquebrajadas, ancha y de poco grueso, que está en la superficie de la cantera, la cual no sirve para labrarse, y sólo sirve para las obras de mampostería.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: alstre,lasrte,lasstre,laster,lastrre,lasttre,latsre,llastre,lsatre
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lastre - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “lastre”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is L-A-S-T-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈlast̪ɾe] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “late” - see the side-by-side comparison. lastre vs late
- 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.