LA
/ˌɛl ˈeɪ/
"la" is a 2-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“LA” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #947) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #947
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Initialism of left atrium.
Corpus desk
Index EN-la · LA · English
LA · rank #947 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #947
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH followed
Nearest frequency peer: followed (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbours of confusable “LA”
Peers at similar corpus weight, separate from look-alike pairs below
- created
created
99,057 corpus weight
- deep
deep
99,056 corpus weight
- followed
followed
99,055 corpus weight
- LA
LA
99,054 corpus weight
- lol
lol
99,053 corpus weight
- mark
mark
99,052 corpus weight
What this shows Bars place “LA” against nearest ranked English headwords, not a reprint of the confusable-pair desk.
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 | LA |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌɛl ˈeɪ/ |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #947 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus rank beside confusables of “LA”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for LA is neighbouring look-alikes ("le", "li", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˌɛl ˈeɪ/. Frequency #947 among 2,297 “L” headwords. 5 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for LA, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "le", "li", "Lt", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is LA, spelled L-A.
Definition
- 1Initialism of left atrium.
- 2Initialism of lead arsenate.
- 3Initialism of local anesthetic.
- 4Initialism of lateral area.
- 5Initialism of local authority.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.