lato
[ˈlat̪o]
The verdict
“lato” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #74,676 among 17,327 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,676
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 17,327
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dilatado, extendido.
Corpus desk
Index ES-lato · lato · Spanish
lato · rank #74,676 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,676
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 17,327
- PHOTO-FINISH Lauri
Nearest frequency peer: Lauri (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “lato”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- lamentarás
lamentarás
25,329 corpus weight
- lato
lato
25,325 corpus weight
- Lauri
Lauri
25,324 corpus weight
- laves
laves
25,323 corpus weight
- leporino
leporino
25,320 corpus weight
- leur
leur
25,319 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “lato” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lato |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈlat̪o] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #74,676 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lato” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
lato is uncommon Spanish at frequency #74,676 among 17,327 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈlat̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for lato, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is lato, spelled L-A-T-O.
Definition
- 1Dilatado, extendido.
- 2Se aplica al sentido que extensión se da a las palabras y no es el que exacta, literal o rigurosamente les corresponde.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "lato", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.