loto

[ˈlot̪o]

/[ˈlot̪o]/ noun

The verdict

“loto” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #28,434) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#28,434
frequency rank, Spanish
2,069
“L” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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...

Corpus desk

Index ES-loto · loto · Spanish

loto · rank #28,434 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,434
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,069
  • PHOTO-FINISH LMAO

Nearest frequency peer: LMAO (-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.

Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “loto”

Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo

corpus weight

What this shows Las barras sitúan “loto” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

loto vs low
50% similar
loto vs Lou
25% similar
loto vs lujo
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for loto
PropertyValue
Headwordloto
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈlot̪o]
Letters4
Frequency rank#28,434
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “loto”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.lotocae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “LMAO” (#28,433), “llenaba” (#28,432), “macabro” (#28,436). Entre 2,069 lemas con “L”, “loto” va en #28,434. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for loto is neighbouring look-alikes ("low", "Lou", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈlot̪o]. Frequency #28,434 among 2,069 “L” headwords. 4 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

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

  1. 1
    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 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.
  2. 2
    Árbol 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.
  3. 3
    Flor del loto.
  4. 4
    Fruto del loto.

Synonyms

azufaifo loto

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.

lloto1loot2ltoo2olto2
Edit distance from "loto"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "loto"?
"loto" is spelled L-O-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈlot̪o].
What does "loto" mean?
As a noun, "loto" means: 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...
What words are commonly confused with "loto"?
"loto" is commonly confused with "low", "Lou", "lujo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "loto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "loto" is [ˈlot̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "loto" come from?
"loto" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "loto", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list