lola

[ˈlola]

/[ˈlola]/ noun

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The verdict

“lola” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #9,145) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#9,145
frequency rank, Spanish
2,069
“L” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mujer joven, en la etapa de la maduración sexual, que ya no es niña y aún no es adulta.

Corpus desk

Index ES-lola · lola · Spanish

lola · rank #9,145 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,145
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,069
  • PHOTO-FINISH llamaban

Nearest frequency peer: llamaban (-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.

Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “lola”

Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo

corpus weight

What this shows Las barras sitúan “lola” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

lola vs los
50% similar
lola vs low
50% similar
lola vs Lou
25% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for lola
PropertyValue
Headwordlola
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈlola]
Letters4
Frequency rank#9,145
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “lola”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).lolacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “llamaban” (#9,144), “lote” (#9,146), “Lugo” (#9,147). Entre 2,069 lemas con “L”, “lola” va en #9,145. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for lola is neighbouring look-alikes ("los", "low", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈlola]. Frequency #9,145 among 2,069 “L” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for lola, with forms such as "lloa", "llola", and "loal". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "los", "low", "Lou", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is lola, spelled L-O-L-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mujer joven, en la etapa de la maduración sexual, que ya no es niña y aún no es adulta.
  2. 2
    Prostituta.
  3. 3
    Mama.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how lola appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Luego de la aparición de N.B.V. de 17 años, la policía la sometió a examenes médicos a la lola, en los cuales se negó cualquier posibilidad de que la joven estuviese embarazada, además de descartar cualquier embarazo anterior.

Synonyms

adolescentechavalajovenmuchachamamapechopechugasenoteta

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lloa
  • llola
  • loal
  • lolla

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lola - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

lloa2llola1loal2lolla1
Edit distance from "lola"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lola"?
"lola" is spelled L-O-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈlola].
What does "lola" mean?
As a noun, "lola" means: Mujer joven, en la etapa de la maduración sexual, que ya no es niña y aún no es adulta.
What words are commonly confused with "lola"?
"lola" is commonly confused with "los", "low", "Lou". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lola"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lola" is [ˈlola]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lola" come from?
"lola" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "lola", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

lote#9,146Lugo#9,147game#9,127OTAN#9,167

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list