Lotto
\ˈlɔto\
The verdict
“Lotto” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #29,425) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #29,425
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Loterie, loto.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lotto · Lotto · French
Lotto · rank #29,425 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,425
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH losange
Nearest frequency peer: losange (-1 rank slots)
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.
Voisins de fréquence du confusable « Lotto »
Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous
- lobes
lobes
70,579 corpus weight
- lorrains
lorrains
70,578 corpus weight
- losange
losange
70,577 corpus weight
- Lotto
Lotto
70,576 corpus weight
- lutins
lutins
70,575 corpus weight
- lézards
lézards
70,574 corpus weight
What this shows Les barres placent « Lotto » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.
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 | Lotto |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈlɔto\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #29,425 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rang de corpus près des confusables de « Lotto »
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Lotto is neighbouring look-alikes ("lutte", "lotus", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \ˈlɔto\. Frequency #29,425 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Gloss: "Loterie, loto.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for Lotto, with forms such as "llotto", "lotot", and "ltoto". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lutte", "lotus", "lot", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Lotto, spelled L-O-T-T-O.
Definition
- 1Loterie, loto.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Lotto appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich spiele jede Woche Lotto.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- llotto
- lotot
- ltoto
- oltto
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Lotto - 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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).