laten
[ˈlat̪ẽn]
The verdict
“laten” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #72,056 among 2,069 “L” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,056
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,069
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de latir.
Corpus desk
Index ES-laten · laten · Spanish
laten · rank #72,056 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,056
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,069
- PHOTO-FINISH Laza
Nearest frequency peer: Laza (+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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “laten”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- labrados
labrados
27,949 corpus weight
- Lanusse
Lanusse
27,947 corpus weight
- laten
laten
27,945 corpus weight
- Laza
Laza
27,944 corpus weight
- Leary
Leary
27,942 corpus weight
- legitiman
legitiman
27,940 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “laten” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | laten |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈlat̪ẽn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #72,056 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “laten” en español
Rare enough to double-check
laten is uncommon Spanish at frequency #72,056 among 2,069 “L” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈlat̪ẽn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de latir.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for laten in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is laten, spelled L-A-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de latir.
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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