let'svsLetoTell them apart

Quick tell: let's is a contraction, Leto is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“let's” is a contraction and “Leto” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#23,474
“let's” frequency rank
#38,784
“Leto” frequency rank
62258
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature let's Leto
Definition Usado para formar el cohortativo de los verbos, equivalente a la primera persona plural del imperativo en otros idiomas; "vamos a + infinitivo". 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.

Where the eye mixes let's and Leto

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. let's (CVCC) and Leto (CVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
let's
4 ch
Leto

Visual trap between let's and Leto

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: let's is /lɛts/ while Leto is [ˈlet̪o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (contraction vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62258, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

let's is recorded at frequency rank #23,474, classified as acontraction, pronounced /lɛts/. Leto is at rank #38,784, tagged as aname, pronounced [ˈlet̪o].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 62258, this pair ranks #52,656 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of let's vs Leto

Shared letters: elt. Private to "let's": s. Private to "Leto": o.

"let's" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "Leto" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Leto ← elto · leot · letto · lleto · lteo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "let's" and "Leto" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "let's" is a contraction and "Leto" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "let's" vs "Leto" - which ranks higher?
"let's" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,474 in our Spanish list, against #38,784 for "Leto". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "let's" and "Leto" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "let's" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Leto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #52,656 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "let's" and "Leto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Leto vs lotto". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #52,656 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list