latin
\la.tɛ̃\
The verdict
“latin” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #3,771 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #3,771
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui est originaire ou se rapporte aux Latins, les habitants du Latium.
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 | latin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \la.tɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #3,771 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “latin” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for latin is 5 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \la.tɛ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #3,771 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for latin, with forms such as "altin", "laitn", and "latinn". 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, "lin", "loin", "loti", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is latin, spelled L-A-T-I-N.
Definition
- 1Qui est originaire ou se rapporte aux Latins, les habitants du Latium.
- 2Romain, relatif à l’empire romain.
- 3Relatif au latin, la langue.
- 4Qui s’exprime dans cette langue.
- 5Relatif à l’Église catholique romaine.
- 6Qui a certaines caractéristiques des habitants du Latium, des anciens Romains et, par extension, des peuples qu’ils ont longtemps et durablement colonisés et influencés.
- 7Qui a pour origine la langue latine, qui à l’origine parlait le latin.
- 8Espagnol, portugais et italien par opposition à anglo-saxon.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: altin,laitn,latinn,latni,lattin,llatin,ltain
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of latin - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “latin”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is L-A-T-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \la.tɛ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “lin” - see the side-by-side comparison. latin vs lin
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French 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.