loto
[ˈlot̪o]
The verdict
“loto” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #28,434 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #28,434
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Planta acuática de la familia de las ninfeáceas, de hojas muy grandes, coriáceas, con pecíolo largo y delgado; flores terminales, solitarias, de gran diámetro, color blanco azulado y olorosas, y fr...
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 | loto |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlot̪o] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #28,434 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “loto” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for loto is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈlot̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #28,434 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for loto, with forms such as "lloto", "loot", and "ltoo". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "low", "Lou", "lujo", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is loto, spelled L-O-T-O.
Definition
- 1Planta acuática de la familia de las ninfeáceas, de hojas muy grandes, coriáceas, con pecíolo largo y delgado; flores terminales, solitarias, de gran diámetro, color blanco azulado y olorosas, y fruto globoso parecido al de la adormidera, con semillas que se comen después de tostarlas y molerlas. Abunda en las orillas del Nilo, y las hojas, la flor y el fruto figuran en los monumentos de los antiguos egipcios.
- 2Árbol de África, de la familia de las rámneas, parecido al azufaifo, de unos dos metros de altura, y cuyo fruto, que es una drupa rojiza del tamaño de la ciruela y casi redonda, tiene la carne algo dulce, y, según antiguos mitólogos y poetas, hacía que los extranjeros que lo comían olvidasen su patria.
- 3Flor del loto.
- 4Fruto del loto.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: lloto,loot,ltoo,olto
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of loto - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “loto”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is L-O-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈlot̪o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “low” - see the side-by-side comparison. loto vs low
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.