Lampedusa
/ˌlæmpɪˈduːzə/
"lampedusa" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Lampedusa” is uncommon English (frequency #83,439 among 16,425 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,439
- frequency rank, English
- 16,425
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The largest island of the Italian Pelagie Islands, located in the Mediterranean Sea between Malta and Tunisia.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lampedusa |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌlæmpɪˈduːzə/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #83,439 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Lampedusa” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Lampedusa is uncommon English at frequency #83,439 among 16,425 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˌlæmpɪˈduːzə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The largest island of the Italian Pelagie Islands, located in the Mediterranean Sea between Malta and Tunisia.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Lampedusa in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. 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 Italian Lampedusa, from Latin Lopadusa, from Ancient Greek Λοπαδοῦσσα (Lopadoûssa). Compare Sicilian Lampidusa. The correct English form is Lampedusa, spelled L-A-M-P-E-D-U-S-A.
Definition
- 1The largest island of the Italian Pelagie Islands, located in the Mediterranean Sea between Malta and Tunisia.
Etymology
From Italian Lampedusa, from Latin Lopadusa, from Ancient Greek Λοπαδοῦσσα (Lopadoûssa). Compare Sicilian Lampidusa.
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 “Lampedusa”
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- The one correct English spelling is L-A-M-P-E-D-U-S-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.