Labuan
/ˈlɑːbuˌɑːn/
"labuan" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Labuan” is uncommon English (frequency #93,892 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,892
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A district in Banten, Indonesia.
Corpus desk
Index EN-labuan · Labuan · English
Labuan · rank #93,892 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,892
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH kuya
Nearest frequency peer: kuya (-2 rank slots)
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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 neighbourhood for “Labuan”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- kuda
kuda
6,114 corpus weight
- kuya
kuya
6,111 corpus weight
- Labuan
Labuan
6,109 corpus weight
- ladino
ladino
6,107 corpus weight
- ladys
ladys
6,106 corpus weight
- Lalonde
Lalonde
6,104 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Labuan” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Labuan |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈlɑːbuˌɑːn/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #93,892 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Labuan” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Labuan is uncommon English at frequency #93,892 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈlɑːbuˌɑːn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Labuan has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Indonesian Labuan and Malay Labuan. The correct English form is Labuan, spelled L-A-B-U-A-N.
Definition
- 1A district in Banten, Indonesia.
- 2A federal territory off Sabah, Malaysia.
Etymology
From Indonesian Labuan and Malay Labuan.
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.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.