loto
\lo.to\
The verdict
“loto” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #12,612 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #12,612
- frequency rank, French
- 4
- letters
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sorte de jeu qu’on joue avec des numéros, dont les uns sont sur des sortes de boules, de jetons qu’on tire au sort, les autres sur des tableaux distribués aux joueurs.
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 | loto |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lo.to\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #12,612 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “loto” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for loto is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \lo.to\. Corpus data places it at rank #12,612 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for loto, with forms such as "lloto", "loot", and "ltoo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "LT", "lou", "low", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is loto, spelled L-O-T-O.
Definition
- 1Sorte de jeu qu’on joue avec des numéros, dont les uns sont sur des sortes de boules, de jetons qu’on tire au sort, les autres sur des tableaux distribués aux joueurs.
- 2Séance où l’on joue à ce jeu.
- 3Ensemble des objets dont on se sert pour jouer à ce jeu.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: lloto,loot,ltoo,olto
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of loto - 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 “loto”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is L-O-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \lo.to\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “LT” - see the side-by-side comparison. loto vs LT
- 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.