# llama

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈlɑː.mə/ · frequency rank #30,868

## Definitions
1. A South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama, used as a domestic beast of burden and a source of wool and meat.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

## Easily confused with
- **loma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/llama-vs-loma)
- **loam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/llama-vs-loam)
- **lam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lam-vs-llama)
- **lamp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lamp-vs-llama)
- **lamb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lamb-vs-llama)
- **lame** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lame-vs-llama)
- **Liam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liam-vs-llama)
- **lava** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lava-vs-llama)
- **Lana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lana-vs-llama)
- **lima** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lima-vs-llama)
- **Lara** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lara-vs-llama)
- **lama** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lama-vs-llama)
- **Lamar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lamar-vs-llama)
- **lemma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lemma-vs-llama)
- **Lhasa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lhasa-vs-llama)

## Common misspellings (4)
`lalma`, `llaam`, `llamma`, `llmaa`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/llama