Lilla
"lilla" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Lilla” is uncommon English (frequency #96,169 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,169
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Italian.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lilla · Lilla · English
Lilla · rank #96,169 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,169
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH linolenic
Nearest frequency peer: linolenic (+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 “Lilla”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Lefferts
Lefferts
3,838 corpus weight
- Lesseps
Lesseps
3,836 corpus weight
- Leyen
Leyen
3,834 corpus weight
- Lilla
Lilla
3,832 corpus weight
- linolenic
linolenic
3,831 corpus weight
- lithia
lithia
3,830 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Lilla” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lilla |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #96,169 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Lilla” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Lilla is uncommon English at frequency #96,169 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Italian.".
Lilla has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Italian Lilla. The correct English form is Lilla, spelled L-I-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1A surname from Italian.
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian Lilla.
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 English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).