por lo tanto
[poɾ lo ˈt̪ãn̪t̪o]
The verdict
“por lo tanto” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Por ende, en consecuencia, por eso, por tal razón, dado que, por consiguiente, como resultado, por el motivo o las razones antes mencionadas, a causa de lo que antes se ha dicho.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | por lo tanto |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [poɾ lo ˈt̪ãn̪t̪o] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “por lo tanto” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for por lo tanto is 12 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [poɾ lo ˈt̪ãn̪t̪o]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Por ende, en consecuencia, por eso, por tal razón, dado que, por consiguiente, como resultado, por el motivo o las razones antes mencionadas, a causa de lo que antes se ha dicho.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for por lo tanto, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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. The correct Spanish form is por lo tanto, spelled P-O-R- -L-O- -T-A-N-T-O.
Definition
- 1Por ende, en consecuencia, por eso, por tal razón, dado que, por consiguiente, como resultado, por el motivo o las razones antes mencionadas, a causa de lo que antes se ha dicho.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “por lo tanto”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-O-R- -L-O- -T-A-N-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [poɾ lo ˈt̪ãn̪t̪o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.