laurel
[lawˈɾel]
The verdict
“laurel” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #12,849 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #12,849
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Laurus nobilis) Árbol lauráceo de hojas olorosas y madera resistente, considerado símbolo de victoria entre los antiguos griegos y romanos y usado en la cocina como especia.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | laurel |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [lawˈɾel] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #12,849 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “laurel” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for laurel is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [lawˈɾel]. Corpus data places it at rank #12,849 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for laurel, with forms such as "alurel", "laruel", and "lauerl". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "lauro", "Lauren", "Laurie", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is laurel, spelled L-A-U-R-E-L.
Definition
- 1(Laurus nobilis) Árbol lauráceo de hojas olorosas y madera resistente, considerado símbolo de victoria entre los antiguos griegos y romanos y usado en la cocina como especia.
- 2Premio en forma de corona hecho con dos ramas trenzadas de laurel₁.
- 3Premio, corona, triunfo, victoria.
- 4(Laurelia sempervirens) Por analogía, árbol de la familia de las monimiáceas, de hojas y madera olorosa, que habita en el centro-sur de Chile y en zonas aledañas de Argentina. Se considera una planta sagrada en las creencias del pueblo huilliche.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: alurel,laruel,lauerl,laurell,laurle,laurrel,llaurel,luarel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of laurel - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “laurel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is L-A-U-R-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [lawˈɾel] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “lauro” - see the side-by-side comparison. laurel vs lauro
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.