Sri Lanka
[ˈsɾi ˈlãŋka]
The verdict
“Sri Lanka” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - País de Asia, que se asienta en la isla de Ceilán, ubicada en el océano Índico, al sur de la India.
Corpus desk
Index ES-sri-lanka · Sri Lanka · Spanish
Sri Lanka · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sri Lanka |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈsɾi ˈlãŋka] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “Sri Lanka” en español
Rare enough to double-check
Sri Lanka is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈsɾi ˈlãŋka]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "País de Asia, que se asienta en la isla de Ceilán, ubicada en el océano Índico, al sur de la India.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Sri Lanka, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is Sri Lanka, spelled S-R-I- -L-A-N-K-A.
Definition
- 1País de Asia, que se asienta en la isla de Ceilán, ubicada en el océano Índico, al sur de la India.
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.