# playa

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈplaɪə/ · frequency rank #23,067

## Definitions
1. A level area which habitually fills with water that evaporates entirely.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish playa (“beach”). Doublet of plage.

## Easily confused with
- **ply** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/playa-vs-ply)
- **pray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/playa-vs-pray)
- **plea** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/playa-vs-plea)
- **ploy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/playa-vs-ploy)
- **plays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/playa-vs-plays)
- **plaza** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/playa-vs-plaza)
- **prays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/playa-vs-prays)
- **Priya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/playa-vs-priya)
- **Praia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/playa-vs-praia)
- **played** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/playa-vs-played)
- **player** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/playa-vs-player)
- **pay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pay-vs-playa)
- **PLA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pla-vs-playa)
- **play** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/play-vs-playa)
- **plan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plan-vs-playa)
- **pays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pays-vs-playa)
- **papa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/papa-vs-playa)
- **plat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plat-vs-playa)
- **pala** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pala-vs-playa)
- **place** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/place-vs-playa)

## Common misspellings (7)
`lpaya`, `palya`, `plaay`, `playya`, `pllaya`, `plyaa`, `pplaya`

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