Lika
"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)
- Levison
Levison
12,515 corpus weight
- LHA
LHA
12,514 corpus weight
- licentious
licentious
12,512 corpus weight
- Lika
Lika
12,511 corpus weight
- Lilah
Lilah
12,510 corpus weight
- Liotta
Liotta
12,509 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lika |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #87,490 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Lika” sits in English frequency
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
- 1A geographical region of Croatia.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Lika appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The agents, three Canadians of Croat origin, landed at Lika, in Croatia.
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.
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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.