Leila
/ˈleɪlə/
"leila" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Leila” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #26,146. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,146
- 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 Arabic.
Corpus desk
Index EN-leila · Leila · English
Leila · rank #26,146 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,146
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH lass
Nearest frequency peer: lass (-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 “Leila”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- lakhs
lakhs
73,858 corpus weight
- lass
lass
73,856 corpus weight
- Leila
Leila
73,855 corpus weight
- lesion
lesion
73,854 corpus weight
- Lockwood
Lockwood
73,852 corpus weight
- lull
lull
73,851 corpus weight
What this shows “Leila” 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 | Leila |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈleɪlə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #26,146 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Leila”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Leila (IPA /ˈleɪlə/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #26,146 among 2,297 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A female given name from Arabic.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Leila, with forms such as "elila", "leial", and "leilla". 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, "lil", "lel", "Lisa", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Arabic لَيْلَى (laylā). Taken into English usage through nineteenth-century literature. The correct English form is Leila, spelled L-E-I-L-A.
Definition
- 1A female given name from Arabic.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Leila appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Oh! who young Leila’s glance could read / And keep that portion of his creed / Which saith, that woman is but dust, / A soulless toy for tyrant's lust?
"Leila!" she said enigmatically. "Have you seen her?" / "I went to her flat last week with Dad—he likes her." / "Delilah is her real name, you know. All men like her. And Captain Fort is her lover."
Etymology
From Arabic لَيْلَى (laylā). Taken into English usage through nineteenth-century literature.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elila
- leial
- leilla
- lelia
- liela
- lleila
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Leila - 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 "Leila", 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).