por lo tanto
[poɾ lo ˈt̪ãn̪t̪o]
The verdict
“por lo tanto” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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.
Corpus desk
Index ES-por-lo-tanto · por lo tanto · Spanish
por lo tanto · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| 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) |
Cola larga: rango de “por lo tanto” en español
Rare enough to double-check
por lo tanto is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [poɾ lo ˈt̪ãn̪t̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.