late
[ˈlat̪e]
The verdict
“late” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #11,077. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,077
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,069
- “L” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de latir.
Corpus desk
Index ES-late · late · Spanish
late · rank #11,077 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,077
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,069
- PHOTO-FINISH lanzan
Nearest frequency peer: lanzan (-1 rank slots)
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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “late”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- jodiendo
jodiendo
88,928 corpus weight
- justas
justas
88,927 corpus weight
- Lagunas
Lagunas
88,926 corpus weight
- lanzan
lanzan
88,925 corpus weight
- late
late
88,924 corpus weight
- literarias
literarias
88,921 corpus weight
What this shows “late” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | late |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈlat̪e] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #11,077 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “late”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around late (IPA [ˈlat̪e]), averb. Corpus frequency is #11,077 among 2,069 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for late, with forms such as "alte", "laet", and "latte". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "le", "law", "let", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is late, spelled L-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de latir.
- 2Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de latir.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- alte
- laet
- latte
- llate
- ltae
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of late - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "late", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).