Lesoto
[leˈsot̪o]
The verdict
“Lesoto” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #55,028 among 2,069 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,028
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,069
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - País de África austral, que forma un enclave dentro de Sudáfrica. Antiguamente se llamó Basutolandia.
Corpus desk
Index ES-lesoto · Lesoto · Spanish
Lesoto · rank #55,028 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,028
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,069
- PHOTO-FINISH levantaste
Nearest frequency peer: levantaste (+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 “Lesoto”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- legionario
legionario
44,977 corpus weight
- leopardos
leopardos
44,975 corpus weight
- Lesoto
Lesoto
44,973 corpus weight
- levantaste
levantaste
44,972 corpus weight
- lime
lime
44,969 corpus weight
- limitándose
limitándose
44,968 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “Lesoto” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lesoto |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [leˈsot̪o] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #55,028 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “Lesoto” en español
Rare enough to double-check
Lesoto is uncommon Spanish at frequency #55,028 among 2,069 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [leˈsot̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "País de África austral, que forma un enclave dentro de Sudáfrica. Antiguamente se llamó Basutolandia.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Lesoto in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Lesoto, spelled L-E-S-O-T-O.
Definition
- 1País de África austral, que forma un enclave dentro de Sudáfrica. Antiguamente se llamó Basutolandia.
This word in other languages
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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