Lesoto
[leˈsot̪o]
The verdict
“Lesoto” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #55,028 among 17,327 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,028
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 17,327
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - País de África austral, que forma un enclave dentro de Sudáfrica. Antiguamente se llamó Basutolandia.
| 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) |
Where “Lesoto” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Lesoto is uncommon Spanish at frequency #55,028 among 17,327 “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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Using “Lesoto”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is L-E-S-O-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [leˈsot̪o] (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.