Laura
/lɑːɹə/
"laura" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Laura” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #4,772. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,772
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A female given name from Latin.
Corpus desk
Index EN-laura · Laura · English
Laura · rank #4,772 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,772
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH laughed
Nearest frequency peer: laughed (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Laura”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- knocked
knocked
95,232 corpus weight
- landed
landed
95,231 corpus weight
- laughed
laughed
95,230 corpus weight
- Laura
Laura
95,229 corpus weight
- lazy
lazy
95,228 corpus weight
- mama
mama
95,227 corpus weight
What this shows “Laura” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Laura |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /lɑːɹə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #4,772 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Laura”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Laura (IPA /lɑːɹə/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #4,772 among 2,297 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A female given name from Latin.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Laura, with forms such as "alura", "larua", and "lauar". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Lua", "lava", "lure", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Late Latin saint's name Laura, from the feminine form of laurus (“laurel tree”). A post-classical name made famous by Petrarch's sonnets to Laura in the fourteenth century. The correct English form is Laura, spelled L-A-U-R-A.
Definition
- 1A female given name from Latin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Laura appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Now is he for the numbers that Petrarch flowed in; Laura to his lady was but a kitchen-wench; marry, she had a better love to be-rime her;
Laura was saying something. A mellifluous name, he thought. I wish she were far away, so I could call her.
Etymology
From Late Latin saint's name Laura, from the feminine form of laurus (“laurel tree”). A post-classical name made famous by Petrarch's sonnets to Laura in the fourteenth century.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- alura
- larua
- lauar
- laurra
- llaura
- luara
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Laura - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Laura", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).