La-sa
"la-sa" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“La-sa” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of Lasa (Lhasa, capital city of Tibet)
Corpus desk
Index EN-la-sa · La-sa · English
La-sa · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | La-sa |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “La-sa” in English
Rare enough to double-check
La-sa is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of Lasa (Lhasa, capital city of Tibet)".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for La-sa, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 拉薩 /拉萨 (Lāsà). The correct English form is La-sa, spelled L-A---S-A.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of Lasa (Lhasa, capital city of Tibet)
Etymology
From the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 拉薩 /拉萨 (Lāsà).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.