Leyla
[ˈlejla]
The verdict
“Leyla” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #58,644 among 2,069 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,644
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,069
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nombre de pila de mujer. Variante menos común de Leila.
Corpus desk
Index ES-leyla · Leyla · Spanish
Leyla · rank #58,644 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,644
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,069
- PHOTO-FINISH letrina
Nearest frequency peer: letrina (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “Leyla”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- legislado
legislado
41,360 corpus weight
- letrina
letrina
41,358 corpus weight
- Leyla
Leyla
41,357 corpus weight
- libélula
libélula
41,356 corpus weight
- limitaría
limitaría
41,355 corpus weight
- limpiadora
limpiadora
41,354 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “Leyla” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cola larga: rango de “Leyla” en español
Rare enough to double-check
Leyla is uncommon Spanish at frequency #58,644 among 2,069 “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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