Lesoto
/le.ˈzo.tu/
The verdict
“Lesoto” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #33,489. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,489
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,251
- “L” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - país africano encravado no interior da África do Sul
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 | Lesoto |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /le.ˈzo.tu/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #33,489 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Lesoto” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Lesoto (IPA /le.ˈzo.tu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,489 among 1,251 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "país africano encravado no interior da África do Sul".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Lesoto, with forms such as "elsoto", "leosto", and "lesoot". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "leto", "leste", "lesão", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 Portuguese form is Lesoto, spelled L-E-S-O-T-O.
Definition
- 1país africano encravado no interior da África do Sul
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: elsoto,leosto,lesoot,lesotto,lessoto,lestoo,llesoto,lseoto
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Lesoto - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Lesoto”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is L-E-S-O-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /le.ˈzo.tu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “leto” - see the side-by-side comparison. Lesoto vs leto
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
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.