Laval
[laˈβ̞al]
The verdict
“Laval” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #75,612 among 17,327 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,612
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 17,327
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ciudad de Canadá, de la provincia de Quebec, junto al río San Lorenzo, separada de la isla de Montreal por la Rivière des Prairies. Creada en 1965.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Laval |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [laˈβ̞al] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #75,612 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Laval” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Laval is uncommon Spanish at frequency #75,612 among 17,327 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [laˈβ̞al]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ciudad de Canadá, de la provincia de Quebec, junto al río San Lorenzo, separada de la isla de Montreal por la Rivière des Prairies. Creada en 1965.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Laval, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is Laval, spelled L-A-V-A-L.
Definition
- 1Ciudad de Canadá, de la provincia de Quebec, junto al río San Lorenzo, separada de la isla de Montreal por la Rivière des Prairies. Creada en 1965.
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 “Laval”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is L-A-V-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [laˈβ̞al] (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.