Lete
[ˈlet̪e]
The verdict
“Lete” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #96,477 among 2,069 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,477
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,069
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Concejo del municipio de Iza en la Comunidad Foral de Navarra (España).
Corpus desk
Index ES-lete · Lete · Spanish
Lete · rank #96,477 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,477
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,069
- PHOTO-FINISH leptospirosis
Nearest frequency peer: leptospirosis (-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 “Lete”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- lapacho
lapacho
3,530 corpus weight
- lechita
lechita
3,527 corpus weight
- leptospiros…
leptospirosis
3,525 corpus weight
- Lete
Lete
3,524 corpus weight
- leáis
leáis
3,522 corpus weight
- Liliane
Liliane
3,520 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “Lete” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lete |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈlet̪e] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #96,477 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “Lete” en español
Rare enough to double-check
Lete is uncommon Spanish at frequency #96,477 among 2,069 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈlet̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Lete, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is Lete, spelled L-E-T-E.
Definition
- 1Concejo del municipio de Iza en la Comunidad Foral de Navarra (España).
- 2Apellido.
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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