Vala
"vala" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Vala” is uncommon English (frequency #62,601 among 969 “V” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,601
- frequency rank, English
- 969
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An object-oriented programming language with a self-hosting compiler that generates C code.
Corpus desk
Index EN-vala · Vala · English
Vala · rank #62,601 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,601
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 969
- PHOTO-FINISH vainly
Nearest frequency peer: vainly (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Vala”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- unmolested
unmolested
37,404 corpus weight
- unsanctioned
unsanctioned
37,403 corpus weight
- unthinking
unthinking
37,402 corpus weight
- vainly
vainly
37,401 corpus weight
- Vala
Vala
37,400 corpus weight
- Vesey
Vesey
37,398 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Vala” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Vala |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #62,601 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Vala” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Vala is uncommon English at frequency #62,601 among 969 “V” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Vala, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is Vala, spelled V-A-L-A.
Definition
- 1An object-oriented programming language with a self-hosting compiler that generates C code.
- 2A surname.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Vala appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Jan Petter Vala is serving part of a 10-year murder sentence on a posh island in southern Norway.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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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.