lanai
/ləˈnaɪ/noun
lanai is spelled L-A-N-A-I: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 66,686th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Lanai, the name). As a noun, lanai means “A Hawaiian-style roofed patio” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of lanai is lanais.
How many letters and syllables are in lanai?
| Letters | 5: L-A-N-A-I |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 66,686th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is lanai?
Lanai appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 66,686th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Lanai, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce lanai?
- /ləˈnaɪ/
- /lɑːˈnaɪ/
Lanai has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-lanai.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with lanai?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as lanai.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: liana.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of lanai
- lanais plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does lanai mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A Hawaiian-style roofed patio.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does lanai come from?
Borrowed from Hawaiian lānai.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).