liana
/liːˈɑːnə/
"liana" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“liana” is uncommon English (frequency #51,219 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,219
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A climbing woody vine, usually tropical.
Corpus desk
Index EN-liana · liana · English
liana · rank #51,219 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,219
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH Leuven
Nearest frequency peer: Leuven (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “liana”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Letitia
Letitia
48,785 corpus weight
- letterbox
letterbox
48,784 corpus weight
- Leuven
Leuven
48,783 corpus weight
- liana
liana
48,782 corpus weight
- Linz
Linz
48,780 corpus weight
- listless
listless
48,779 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “liana” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | liana |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /liːˈɑːnə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #51,219 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “liana” in English
Rare enough to double-check
liana is uncommon English at frequency #51,219 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /liːˈɑːnə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A climbing woody vine, usually tropical.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for liana in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French liane (see that entry for more), influenced by lien (“link, bond”). The correct English form is liana, spelled L-I-A-N-A.
Definition
- 1A climbing woody vine, usually tropical.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how liana appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Many of the older trees presented a very curious appearance from the tresses of a liana hanging from their boughs, and resembling bundles of hay.
1884, Achilles Daunt, Frank Redcliffe: A story of travel and adventure in the forests of Venezuela (A Book for Boys), London: T. Nelson & Sons, Chapter 5, p. 99, Flowering lianas hung in long streaming lines from the outstretched boughs and dipped their pendulous bouquets in the water of the igarape, which reflected the cloudless blue of the sky.
Etymology
From French liane (see that entry for more), influenced by lien (“link, bond”).
This word in other languages
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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