Lhasa
/ˈlɑːsə/
"lhasa" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Lhasa” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #44,899. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,899
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The capital city of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lhasa · Lhasa · English
Lhasa · rank #44,899 · 7 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #44,899
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH leaded
Nearest frequency peer: leaded (-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 “Lhasa”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- lah
lah
55,107 corpus weight
- Lapland
Lapland
55,105 corpus weight
- leaded
leaded
55,103 corpus weight
- Lhasa
Lhasa
55,102 corpus weight
- lightroom
lightroom
55,100 corpus weight
- Livy
Livy
55,097 corpus weight
What this shows “Lhasa” 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 | Lhasa |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈlɑːsə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #44,899 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Lhasa”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Lhasa (IPA /ˈlɑːsə/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #44,899 among 2,297 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The capital city of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Lhasa, with forms such as "hlasa", "lahsa", and "lhaas". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "Lisa", "llama", "las", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Tibetan ལྷ་ས (lha sa), from Old Tibetan ར་ས (ra sa). The correct English form is Lhasa, spelled L-H-A-S-A.
Definition
- 1The capital city of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Lhasa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The earliest historical relic of the Tibetans—like that of many, perhaps of most, other races—is a weather-beaten stone, the Do-ring. It stands in the center of Lhasa, across the courtyard in front of the western doors of the Cathedral or Jokang, beneath the famous willow-tree.
The 37bn-yuan ($5.7bn) track extends from the region’s capital Lhasa eastward to the city of Nyingchi, which is Tibetan for “Throne of the Sun”.
Etymology
From Tibetan ལྷ་ས (lha sa), from Old Tibetan ར་ས (ra sa).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hlasa
- lahsa
- lhaas
- lhassa
- lhhasa
- lhsaa
- llhasa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Lhasa - 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 misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).