let's
/lɛts/
The verdict
“let's” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #23,474. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,474
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 17,327
- “L” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Usado para formar el cohortativo de los verbos, equivalente a la primera persona plural del imperativo en otros idiomas; "vamos a + infinitivo".
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 | let's |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Contraction |
| IPA | /lɛts/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #23,474 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “let's” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around let's (IPA /lɛts/), acontraction. Corpus frequency is #23,474 among 17,327 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for let's, with forms such as "elt's", "le'ts", and "let'ss". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Leto", "leyes", "letra", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is let's, spelled L-E-T-'-S.
Definition
- 1Usado para formar el cohortativo de los verbos, equivalente a la primera persona plural del imperativo en otros idiomas; "vamos a + infinitivo".
- 2Usado para formar el hortativo de los verbos, equivalente a la segunda persona plural del imperativo en otros idiomas, principalmente instructivo.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elt's
- le'ts
- let'ss
- lets'
- lett's
- llet's
- lte's
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of let's - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “let's”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is L-E-T-'-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /lɛts/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Leto” - see the side-by-side comparison. let's vs Leto
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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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.