Luanda

/luˈændə/

//luˈændə// name

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"luanda" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Luanda” is uncommon English (frequency #60,250 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,250
frequency rank, English
2,297
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The capital city of Angola.

Corpus desk

Index EN-luanda · Luanda · English

Luanda · rank #60,250 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,250
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,297
  • PHOTO-FINISH luminary

Nearest frequency peer: luminary (+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 “Luanda”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Luanda
PropertyValue
HeadwordLuanda
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA/luˈændə/
Letters6
Frequency rank#60,250
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Luanda” 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).Luandafalls in this rarity band:

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “luminary” (#60,251), “Londo” (#60,248), “lololol” (#60,247). Among 2,297 “L” headwords, “Luanda” is #60,250. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Luanda is uncommon English at frequency #60,250 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /luˈændə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Luanda has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is Luanda, spelled L-U-A-N-D-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    The capital city of Angola.
  2. 2
    A market town in Kenya.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Former spelling: Loanda

This word in other languages

Luanda(Español)Luanda(Deutsch)

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 "Luanda"?
"Luanda" is spelled L-U-A-N-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is /luˈændə/.
What does "Luanda" mean?
As a proper noun, "Luanda" means: The capital city of Angola.
How do you pronounce "Luanda"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Luanda" is /luˈændə/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Luanda" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mallow#60,256mandal#60,258mangle#60,260Maputo#60,264

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list