Lanna
"lanna" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Lanna” is uncommon English (frequency #91,724 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,724
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An Indianized kingdom centered in present-day Northern Thailand from the 13th to 18th centuries.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lanna · Lanna · English
Lanna · rank #91,724 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,724
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH landform
Nearest frequency peer: landform (-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 “Lanna”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- lambskin
lambskin
8,282 corpus weight
- landform
landform
8,278 corpus weight
- Lanna
Lanna
8,277 corpus weight
- lapa
lapa
8,276 corpus weight
- laserjet
laserjet
8,275 corpus weight
- LBM
LBM
8,271 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Lanna” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lanna |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #91,724 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Lanna” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Lanna is uncommon English at frequency #91,724 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Lanna in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Thai ล้านนา (láan-naa). The correct English form is Lanna, spelled L-A-N-N-A.
Definition
- 1An Indianized kingdom centered in present-day Northern Thailand from the 13th to 18th centuries.
- 2The region of Northern Thailand itself.
- 3Northern Thai, a language spoken in this region (closely related to Thai and Lao).
Etymology
Borrowed from Thai ล้านนา (láan-naa).
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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