laika
"laika" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“laika” is uncommon English (frequency #74,255 among 16,425 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,255
- frequency rank, English
- 16,425
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A type of hunting dog from Russia.
Corpus desk
Index EN-laika · laika · English
laika · rank #74,255 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,255
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 16,425
- PHOTO-FINISH laggy
Nearest frequency peer: laggy (-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 neighbourhood for “laika”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Krzyzewski
Krzyzewski
25,753 corpus weight
- kurta
kurta
25,750 corpus weight
- laggy
laggy
25,747 corpus weight
- laika
laika
25,746 corpus weight
- lawyering
lawyering
25,743 corpus weight
- Lazlo
Lazlo
25,742 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “laika” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | laika |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #74,255 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “laika” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
laika is uncommon English at frequency #74,255 among 16,425 “L” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A type of hunting dog from Russia.".
No misspelling variants are generated for laika in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Russian ла́йка (lájka, “laika”, literally “barker”). The correct English form is laika, spelled L-A-I-K-A.
Definition
- 1A type of hunting dog from Russia.
Etymology
From Russian ла́йка (lájka, “laika”, literally “barker”).
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "laika", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.