latrines

/\la.tʁin\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#39,373

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

latrines is aFrenchnoun. It means: Lieu où l’on satisfait les besoins naturels, toilettes. Pronounced \la.tʁin\. Often confused with latine and latins.

Key facts for latrines
PropertyValue
Headwordlatrines
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\la.tʁin\
Letters8
Frequency rank#39,373
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of latrines in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for latrines is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \la.tʁin\. Corpus data places it at rank #39,373 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Lieu où l’on satisfait les besoins naturels, toilettes.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for latrines, with forms such as "altrines", "lartines", and "latirnes". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "latine", "latins", "laines", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is latrines, spelled L-A-T-R-I-N-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lieu où l’on satisfait les besoins naturels, toilettes.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: altrines,lartines,latirnes,latriens,latriness,latrinnes,latrinse,latrnies,latrrines,lattrines,llatrines,ltarines

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for latrines

Misspelling Variants of "latrines"

altrines8lartines8latirnes8latriens8latriness9latrinnes9latrinse8latrnies8
Misspelling Variants of "latrines"

Frequency rank: #39,373 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "latrines"?
"latrines" is spelled L-A-T-R-I-N-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \la.tʁin\.
What does "latrines" mean?
As a noun, "latrines" means: Lieu où l’on satisfait les besoins naturels, toilettes.
What words are commonly confused with "latrines"?
"latrines" is commonly confused with "latine", "latins", "laines". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "latrines"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "latrines" is \la.tʁin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "latrines" come from?
"latrines" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.