Valla
"valla" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Valla” is uncommon English (frequency #76,442 among 969 “V” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,442
- frequency rank, English
- 969
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-valla · Valla · English
Valla · rank #76,442 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,442
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 969
- PHOTO-FINISH valueless
Nearest frequency peer: valueless (+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 “Valla”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- UVF
UVF
23,563 corpus weight
- Valla
Valla
23,559 corpus weight
- valueless
valueless
23,558 corpus weight
- vandalize
vandalize
23,556 corpus weight
- Vanier
Vanier
23,555 corpus weight
- vasopressin
vasopressin
23,554 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Valla” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Valla |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #76,442 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Valla” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Valla is uncommon English at frequency #76,442 among 969 “V” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Valla in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Various origins: * Borrowed from Italian Valla, a variant of Valle. * Borrowed from Norwegian and Swedish Valla, from vall (“pasture, meadow”). * Borrowed from Albanian Valla, a variant of Vallas. The correct English form is Valla, spelled V-A-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1A surname.
- 2A locality in the Bellingen council area and the Nambucca Valley council area, north-eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Etymology
Various origins: * Borrowed from Italian Valla, a variant of Valle. * Borrowed from Norwegian and Swedish Valla, from vall (“pasture, meadow”). * Borrowed from Albanian Valla, a variant of Vallas.
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 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).