# Lanka

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #8,447

## Definitions
1. The island city of Ravana in the ancient Indian epic Ramayana.
2. Sri Lanka.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit लङ्का (laṅkā).

## Easily confused with
- **link** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lanka-vs-link)
- **lava** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lanka-vs-lava)
- **Lena** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lanka-vs-lena)
- **luna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lanka-vs-luna)
- **Lara** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lanka-vs-lara)
- **Luka** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lanka-vs-luka)
- **lark** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lanka-vs-lark)
- **Lina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lanka-vs-lina)
- **links** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lanka-vs-links)
- **Laura** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lanka-vs-laura)
- **Linda** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lanka-vs-linda)
- **larva** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lanka-vs-larva)
- **Layla** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lanka-vs-layla)
- **lanky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lanka-vs-lanky)
- **Lanza** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lanka-vs-lanza)
- **LAN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lan-vs-lanka)
- **land** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/land-vs-lanka)
- **lack** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lack-vs-lanka)
- **lake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lake-vs-lanka)
- **lane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lane-vs-lanka)

## Common misspellings (7)
`alnka`, `lakna`, `lanak`, `lankka`, `lannka`, `llanka`, `lnaka`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/lanka