Leyva
"leyva" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Leyva” is uncommon English (frequency #73,373 among 16,425 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,373
- frequency rank, English
- 16,425
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname from Spanish, mostly known as the second surname of the leaders of the disbanded Mexican Beltrán-Leyva drug cartel.
Corpus desk
Index EN-leyva · Leyva · English
Leyva · rank #73,373 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,373
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 16,425
- PHOTO-FINISH legislatively
Nearest frequency peer: legislatively (-2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Leyva”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Lawlor
Lawlor
26,633 corpus weight
- laxity
laxity
26,632 corpus weight
- leftism
leftism
26,631 corpus weight
- legislative…
legislatively
26,630 corpus weight
- Leyva
Leyva
26,628 corpus weight
- Lilia
Lilia
26,624 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Leyva” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Leyva |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #73,373 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Leyva” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Leyva is uncommon English at frequency #73,373 among 16,425 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Spanish, mostly known as the second surname of the leaders of the disbanded Mexican Beltrán-Leyva drug cartel.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Leyva, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Spanish, variant of Leiva. The correct English form is Leyva, spelled L-E-Y-V-A.
Definition
- 1A surname from Spanish, mostly known as the second surname of the leaders of the disbanded Mexican Beltrán-Leyva drug cartel.
Etymology
From Spanish, variant of Leiva.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.