Laconia
/ləˈkəʊ.ni.ə/
"laconia" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Laconia” is uncommon English (frequency #71,643 among 16,425 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,643
- frequency rank, English
- 16,425
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A historical region of Ancient Greece, which has had Sparta as its capital for over 3,000 years.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Laconia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ləˈkəʊ.ni.ə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #71,643 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Laconia” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Laconia is uncommon English at frequency #71,643 among 16,425 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ləˈkəʊ.ni.ə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Laconia in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek Λακωνία (Lakōnía). The correct English form is Laconia, spelled L-A-C-O-N-I-A.
Definition
- 1A historical region of Ancient Greece, which has had Sparta as its capital for over 3,000 years.
- 2A regional unit of Peloponnese, Greece.
- 3A city, the county seat of Belknap County, New Hampshire; named for the Laconia Car Company, a railroad car manufacturer.
- 4A town in Indiana.
- 5An unincorporated community in Tennessee.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Λακωνία (Lakōnía).
This word in other languages
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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Using “Laconia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is L-A-C-O-N-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ləˈkəʊ.ni.ə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
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.