English homophones

Laila/Layla/Leila

"Leila" (#26,146 written frequency) beats "Layla" (#31,631) in this 3-word /ˈleɪlə/ cluster. Size rank #30 of 1,007 English groups.

Data vintage 2026-09-03

Frequency splits the cluster

These 3 spellings keep the same /ˈleɪlə/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "Leila" leads at #26,146, with "Layla" trailing at #31,631.

Spelling pairs in this cluster

Shared stem "la" then splits - "Laila" (5 letters) vs "Layla" (5).
No shared spelling stem: "Laila" is 5 letters, "Leila" is 5; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "Layla" is 5 letters, "Leila" is 5; only the sound ties them.

Orthographic DNA of this cluster

Shared letters across Laila, Layla, Leila: al. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.

Laila
5 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVVCV
Inventory ail · private i
Layla
5 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVVCV
Inventory aly · private y
Leila
5 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVVCV
Inventory aeil · private ei

Pick the spelling from the meaning

Write "Laila" when you mean: A female given name from Arabic, variant of Leila.
Write "Layla" when you mean: A female given name from Arabic, variant of Leila.
Write "Leila" when you mean: A female given name from Arabic.

Known mistypes of these spellings

Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.

Laila ← alila · laial · lailla · lalia · liala · llaila
Layla ← alyla · lalya · layal · laylla · layyla · llayla
Leila ← elila · leial · leilla · lelia · liela · lleila

Each spelling

Laila

name · /ˈleɪlə/ · #32,889 frequency

A female given name from Arabic, variant of Leila.

Layla

name · /ˈleɪlə/ · #31,631 frequency

A female given name from Arabic, variant of Leila.

Leila

name · /ˈleɪlə/ · #26,146 frequency

A female given name from Arabic.

Nearby English homophone groups

What to do next

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"Leila" is the most frequent headword in this 3-spelling cluster (rank #26,146 in English). Full entry
Among English homophone groups, a cluster of 3 spellings ranks #30 by size (1,007 groups in this vintage). Corpus statistics
Explore a nearby 3-spelling cluster: lava · larva · laver. Nearby cluster
Each spelling in "Laila, Layla, Leila" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry

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