Lyla
/ˈleɪlə/
"lyla" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Lyla” is uncommon English (frequency #70,054 among 16,425 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,054
- frequency rank, English
- 16,425
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A female given name from Arabic.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lyla |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈleɪlə/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #70,054 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Lyla” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Lyla is uncommon English at frequency #70,054 among 16,425 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈleɪlə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A female given name from Arabic.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Lyla, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: A spelling variant of Leila. The correct English form is Lyla, spelled L-Y-L-A.
Definition
- 1A female given name from Arabic.
Etymology
A spelling variant of Leila.
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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Using “Lyla”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is L-Y-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈleɪlə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.