lana

adj

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#18,966

in German word usage

Misspellings

3

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

lana is anGermanadj. It means: wollig, wollen, aus Wolle Often confused with ln and las.

Key facts for lana
PropertyValue
Headwordlana
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
Letters4
Frequency rank#18,966
Misspellings tracked3
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of lana in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for lana is 4 letters long, classified as anadj. Corpus data places it at rank #18,966 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "wollig, wollen, aus Wolle".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 3 documented wrong-spelling variants for lana, with forms such as "lanna", "llana", and "lnaa". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ln", "las", "law", 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 German form is lana, spelled L-A-N-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    wollig, wollen, aus Wolle

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: lanna,llana,lnaa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for lana

Misspelling Variants of "lana"

lanna5llana5lnaa4
Misspelling Variants of "lana"

Frequency rank: #18,966 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lana"?
"lana" is spelled L-A-N-A.
What does "lana" mean?
As an adj, "lana" means: wollig, wollen, aus Wolle
What words are commonly confused with "lana"?
"lana" is commonly confused with "ln", "las", "law". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "lana" come from?
"lana" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter L in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.