latino
[laˈt̪ino]
The verdict
“latino” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #4,521 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #4,521
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Persona originaria o habitante del Lacio, antigua región de la península italiana.
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 | latino |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [laˈt̪ino] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #4,521 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “latino” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for latino is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [laˈt̪ino]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,521 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for latino, with forms such as "altino", "laitno", and "latinno". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "lino", "litio", "latir", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is latino, spelled L-A-T-I-N-O.
Definition
- 1Persona originaria o habitante del Lacio, antigua región de la península italiana.
- 2Se dice de algo que proviene o tiene relación con el Lacio, sus pueblos, su idioma y sus costumbres.
- 3Propio de la lengua latina.
- 4Propio de la iglesia cristiana de Occidente en contraposición con la de rito griego.
- 5Perteneciente o relativo aesta iglesia occidental.
- 6Perteneciente o relativo a los pueblos americanos y europeos que hablan lenguas derivadas del latín (como el italiano, rumano, español, francés y portugués)
- 7Persona originaria de uno de estos pueblos que habla un idioma derivado del latín.
- 8Persona de habla española y/o portuguesa originaria de Norteamérica (México), Centroamérica, el Caribe, Suramérica, España o Portugal y que vive en los Estados Unidos como inmigrante o desciendente de ellos. Puede poseer ya la nacionalidad estadounidense o estar aun aspirando a ella.
- 9Se dice de un tipo de vela triangular y del aparejo que la porta, así como de la embarcación que lleva tal tipo de vela.
- 10Que comprende el latín.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: altino,laitno,latinno,lation,latnio,lattino,llatino,ltaino
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of latino - 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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Using “latino”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is L-A-T-I-N-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [laˈt̪ino] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “lino” - see the side-by-side comparison. latino vs lino
- 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.