lapa
noun
lapa is spelled L-A-P-A: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 91,522nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, lapa means “An open structure in South Africa, typically a thatched roof supported by wooden poles” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of lapa is lapas.
How many letters and syllables are in lapa?
| Letters | 4: L-A-P-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 9 million words; the 91,522nd 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; 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 lapa?
Lapa appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 91,522nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
What rhymes with lapa?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as lapa.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: pala, alap.
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 lapa
- lapas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does lapa mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An open structure in South Africa, typically a thatched roof supported by wooden poles.
- 2
A metal wind instrument of 19th-century China, resembling the oboe.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does lapa come from?
Borrowed from Sotho lelapa.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).