lazareto
[lasaˈɾet̪o]
The verdict
“lazareto” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #95,401 among 17,327 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,401
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 17,327
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hospital o instalación similar, más o menos aislada, en donde se tratan enfermedades contagiosas.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lazareto |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [lasaˈɾet̪o] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #95,401 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lazareto” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
lazareto is uncommon Spanish at frequency #95,401 among 17,327 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [lasaˈɾet̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
lazareto doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 lazareto, spelled L-A-Z-A-R-E-T-O.
Definition
- 1Hospital o instalación similar, más o menos aislada, en donde se tratan enfermedades contagiosas.
- 2Condición o estado de observación y aislamiento en que se mantiene a personas o cosas para garantizar que no son contagiosas.
- 3Hospital dedicado exclusivamente al tratamiento de los enfermos de lepra.
Synonyms
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 “lazareto”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is L-A-Z-A-R-E-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [lasaˈɾet̪o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.