Langkawi
"langkawi" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Langkawi” is uncommon English (frequency #66,030 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,030
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An island in the Andaman Sea off the coast of and in the state of Kedah, Malaysia.
Corpus desk
Index EN-langkawi · Langkawi · English
Langkawi · rank #66,030 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,030
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH largesse
Nearest frequency peer: largesse (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “Langkawi”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- kut
kut
33,976 corpus weight
- labrum
labrum
33,975 corpus weight
- Lae
Lae
33,974 corpus weight
- Langkawi
Langkawi
33,971 corpus weight
- largesse
largesse
33,970 corpus weight
- Latam
Latam
33,968 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Langkawi” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Langkawi |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #66,030 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Langkawi” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Langkawi is uncommon English at frequency #66,030 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An island in the Andaman Sea off the coast of and in the state of Kedah, Malaysia.".
Langkawi has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Malay Langkawi. The correct English form is Langkawi, spelled L-A-N-G-K-A-W-I.
Definition
- 1An island in the Andaman Sea off the coast of and in the state of Kedah, Malaysia.
Etymology
From Malay Langkawi.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).