Luang Prabang

[ˈlwãŋ pɾaˈβ̞ãŋ]

/[ˈlwãŋ pɾaˈβ̞ãŋ]/ name

The verdict

“Luang Prabang” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a proper noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — ciudad de Laos en la que antaño tenían su residencia los reyes.

Key facts for Luang Prabang
PropertyValue
HeadwordLuang Prabang
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈlwãŋ pɾaˈβ̞ãŋ]
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Luang Prabang” sits in Spanish frequency

Luang Prabang falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Spanish words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Luang Prabang is 13 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈlwãŋ pɾaˈβ̞ãŋ]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ciudad de Laos en la que antaño tenían su residencia los reyes.".

No misspelling variants are generated for Luang Prabang in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is Luang Prabang, spelled L-U-A-N-G- -P-R-A-B-A-N-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ciudad de Laos en la que antaño tenían su residencia los reyes.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Luang Prabang"?
"Luang Prabang" is spelled L-U-A-N-G- -P-R-A-B-A-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈlwãŋ pɾaˈβ̞ãŋ].
What does "Luang Prabang" mean?
As a proper noun, "Luang Prabang" means: ciudad de Laos en la que antaño tenían su residencia los reyes.
How do you pronounce "Luang Prabang"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Luang Prabang" is [ˈlwãŋ pɾaˈβ̞ãŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “Luang Prabang”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is L-U-A-N-G- -P-R-A-B-A-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈlwãŋ pɾaˈβ̞ãŋ] (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.

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