Leto

/[ˈlet̪o]/ name

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#38,784

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Leto is aSpanishname. It means: Hija de los titanes Ceo y Febe1 y, en el panteón olímpico, madre con Zeus de los mellizos Apolo y Artemisa. En la mitología romana su equivalente, como madre de Apolo y Diana, es Latona. Con su her... Pronounced [ˈlet̪o]. Often confused with lo and ley.

Key facts for Leto
PropertyValue
HeadwordLeto
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechName
IPA[ˈlet̪o]
Letters4
Frequency rank#38,784
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Leto in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Leto is 4 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈlet̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #38,784 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Hija de los titanes Ceo y Febe1 y, en el panteón olímpico, madre con Zeus de los mellizos Apolo y Artemisa. En la mitología romana su equivalente, como madre de Apolo y Diana, es Latona. Con su her...".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for Leto, with forms such as "elto", "leot", and "letto". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lo", "ley", "lio", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is Leto, spelled L-E-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hija de los titanes Ceo y Febe1 y, en el panteón olímpico, madre con Zeus de los mellizos Apolo y Artemisa. En la mitología romana su equivalente, como madre de Apolo y Diana, es Latona. Con su hermana Asteria, fue venerada como diosa de la noche y alternativamente de la luz del día.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: elto,leot,letto,lleto,lteo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Leto

Misspelling Variants of "Leto"

elto4leot4letto5lleto5lteo4
Misspelling Variants of "Leto"

Frequency rank: #38,784 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Leto"?
"Leto" is spelled L-E-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈlet̪o].
What does "Leto" mean?
As a name, "Leto" means: Hija de los titanes Ceo y Febe1 y, en el panteón olímpico, madre con Zeus de los mellizos Apolo y Artemisa. En la mitología romana su equivalente, como madre de Apolo y Diana, es Latona. Con su her...
What words are commonly confused with "Leto"?
"Leto" is commonly confused with "lo", "ley", "lio". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Leto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Leto" is [ˈlet̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Leto" come from?
"Leto" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter L in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.