Luanda
[ˈlwãn̪d̪a]
The verdict
“Luanda” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #55,716 among 2,069 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,716
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,069
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ciudad capital de Angola.
Corpus desk
Index ES-luanda · Luanda · Spanish
Luanda · rank #55,716 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,716
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,069
- PHOTO-FINISH listening
Nearest frequency peer: listening (-2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Luanda”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- lirismo
lirismo
44,289 corpus weight
- listar
listar
44,288 corpus weight
- listening
listening
44,287 corpus weight
- Luanda
Luanda
44,285 corpus weight
- machacado
machacado
44,283 corpus weight
- madrugadas
madrugadas
44,281 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Luanda” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Luanda |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈlwãn̪d̪a] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #55,716 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Luanda” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Luanda is uncommon Spanish at frequency #55,716 among 2,069 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈlwãn̪d̪a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ciudad capital de Angola.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Luanda, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 Luanda, spelled L-U-A-N-D-A.
Definition
- 1Ciudad capital de Angola.
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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