# Isla

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /aɪlə/ · frequency rank #23,318

## Definitions
1. A river in Angus and Perth and Kinross, east-central Scotland, tributary to the Tay.
2. A river in Moray and Aberdeenshire, north-eastern Scotland, tributary to the Deveron.
3. A female given name transferred from the place name. Coined in the twentieth century from an archaic spelling of Islay, an island in the Hebrides.

## Easily confused with
- **iso** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/isla-vs-iso)
- **ISS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/isla-vs-iss)
- **ISP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/isla-vs-isp)
- **isu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/isla-vs-isu)
- **ISR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/isla-vs-isr)
- **isle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/isla-vs-isle)
- **issa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/isla-vs-issa)
- **Islam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/isla-vs-islam)
- **islet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/isla-vs-islet)
- **Issac** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/isla-vs-issac)
- **island** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/isla-vs-island)
- **is** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/is-vs-isla)
- **IA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ia-vs-isla)
- **ill** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ill-vs-isla)
- **IRA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ira-vs-isla)
- **ISA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/isa-vs-isla)
- **Ida** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ida-vs-isla)
- **IRL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/irl-vs-isla)
- **IPA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ipa-vs-isla)
- **IPL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ipl-vs-isla)

## Common misspellings (4)
`isal`, `islla`, `issla`, `sila`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/isla