laterales

/[lat̪eˈɾales]/ adj

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,979

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

laterales is anSpanishadj. It means: Forma del plural de lateral. Pronounced [lat̪eˈɾales]. It ranks #8,979 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with liberales and literales.

Key facts for laterales
PropertyValue
Headwordlaterales
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[lat̪eˈɾales]
Letters9
Frequency rank#8,979
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of laterales in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for laterales is 9 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [lat̪eˈɾales]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,979 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de lateral.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for laterales, with forms such as "alterales", "laetrales", and "latearles". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "liberales", "literales", "lateral", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is laterales, spelled L-A-T-E-R-A-L-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de lateral.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: alterales,laetrales,latearles,lateraels,lateraless,lateralles,lateralse,laterlaes,laterrales,latreales,latterales,llaterales,ltaerales

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for laterales

Misspelling Variants of "laterales"

alterales9laetrales9latearles9lateraels9lateraless10lateralles10lateralse9laterlaes9
Misspelling Variants of "laterales"

Frequency rank: #8,979 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "laterales"?
"laterales" is spelled L-A-T-E-R-A-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [lat̪eˈɾales].
What does "laterales" mean?
As an adj, "laterales" means: Forma del plural de lateral.
What words are commonly confused with "laterales"?
"laterales" is commonly confused with "liberales", "literales", "lateral". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "laterales"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "laterales" is [lat̪eˈɾales]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "laterales" come from?
"laterales" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.