lalla
"lalla" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lalla” is uncommon English (frequency #83,438 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,438
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In Persia, a kind of domestic tutor.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lalla · lalla · English
lalla · rank #83,438 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,438
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH Laetitia
Nearest frequency peer: Laetitia (-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 “lalla”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Kyles
Kyles
16,567 corpus weight
- Laetitia
Laetitia
16,564 corpus weight
- lalla
lalla
16,563 corpus weight
- Lampedusa
Lampedusa
16,562 corpus weight
- Lancastrian
Lancastrian
16,560 corpus weight
- Lapp
Lapp
16,558 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “lalla” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lalla |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #83,438 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lalla” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
lalla is uncommon English at frequency #83,438 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for lalla, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is lalla, spelled L-A-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1In Persia, a kind of domestic tutor.
- 2In Persia, a male nurse.
- 3A native clerk who writes the vernacular.
- 4A respectable merchant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lalla appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Where there are no tigers, the Lalla (scribe) becomes a shikaree.
There were Hindu lallas from the piece-goods market of Bulandshahr, smartly dressed in silks; there were Kashmiri Muhammadans from the local carpet factories, immaculately clad in white cotton; […]
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 September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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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.