llyn

noun

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

The verdict

“llyn” is uncommon English (frequency #91,749 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,749
frequency rank, English
2,297
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An upland lake in Wales.

Corpus desk

Index EN-llyn · llyn · English

llyn · rank #91,749 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,749
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,297
  • PHOTO-FINISH Lobb

Nearest frequency peer: Lobb (+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 “llyn”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “llyn” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for llyn
PropertyValue
Headwordllyn
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#91,749
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “llyn” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).llynfalls in this rarity band:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “Lobb” (#91,750), “looter” (#91,753), “lording” (#91,754). Among 2,297 “L” headwords, “llyn” is #91,749. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

llyn is uncommon English at frequency #91,749 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An upland lake in Wales.".

llyn doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. 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: From Welsh llyn. The correct English form is llyn, spelled L-L-Y-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    An upland lake in Wales.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. To enumerate all the llyns of Wales would take pages, but except Bala, there is scarcely one freshwater lake which is a main factor in any landscape of which it forms part.

Etymology

From Welsh llyn.

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 "llyn"?
"llyn" is spelled L-L-Y-N.
What does "llyn" mean?
As a noun, "llyn" means: An upland lake in Wales.
What is the origin of the word "llyn"?
From Welsh llyn. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Lobb#91,750lory#91,755lyke#91,763lapa#91,725

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list