Lika

name

"lika" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Lika” is uncommon English (frequency #87,490 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,490
frequency rank, English
2,297
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A geographical region of Croatia.

Corpus desk

Index EN-lika · Lika · English

Lika · rank #87,490 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,490
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,297
  • PHOTO-FINISH licentious

Nearest frequency peer: licentious (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “Lika”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “Lika” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Lika
PropertyValue
HeadwordLika
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters4
Frequency rank#87,490
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Lika” sits in English frequency

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).Likalands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “licentious” (#87,489), “Lilah” (#87,491), “Liotta” (#87,492). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Lika is uncommon English at frequency #87,490 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A geographical region of Croatia.".

Zero misspellings are on record for Lika in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is Lika, spelled L-I-K-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    A geographical region of Croatia.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Lika appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The agents, three Canadians of Croat origin, landed at Lika, in Croatia.
  2. I drive on, past Slunj where the river Korana white-waters under the town's houses, past the Plitvice Lakes and Waterfalls, a UNESCO World Natural Heritage site, and then into the rolling open spaces of Lika.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Lika"?
"Lika" is spelled L-I-K-A.
What does "Lika" mean?
As a proper noun, "Lika" means: A geographical region of Croatia.
What language does "Lika" come from?
"Lika" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Lika", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list