Leyla
[ˈlejla]
The verdict
“Leyla” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #58,644 among 17,327 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,644
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 17,327
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nombre de pila de mujer. Variante menos común de Leila.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Leyla |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈlejla] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #58,644 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Leyla” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Leyla is uncommon Spanish at frequency #58,644 among 17,327 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈlejla]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nombre de pila de mujer. Variante menos común de Leila.".
Leyla has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is Leyla, spelled L-E-Y-L-A.
Definition
- 1Nombre de pila de mujer. Variante menos común de Leila.
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 “Leyla”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is L-E-Y-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈlejla] (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.