The word "lito" is spelled with four letters, and each letter has a specific phonetic sound. The first letter, "L," is pronounced as /l/, which is a voiced alveolar lateral approximant. The second letter, "I," is pronounced as /i/, which is a short vowel sound known as the near-close front unrounded vowel. The third letter, "T," is pronounced as /t/, which is an unvoiced alveolar plosive. The word ends with the letter "O," pronounced as /o/, which is a short vowel sound called the close-mid back rounded vowel.