Layla
\laj.la\
The verdict
“Layla” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,977. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,977
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom féminin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-layla · Layla · French
Layla · rank #42,977 · 7 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,977
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH Lascaux
Nearest frequency peer: Lascaux (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Layla »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- landon
landon
57,028 corpus weight
- lançaient
lançaient
57,027 corpus weight
- Larbi
Larbi
57,026 corpus weight
- Lascaux
Lascaux
57,025 corpus weight
- Layla
Layla
57,024 corpus weight
- leasing
leasing
57,022 corpus weight
What this shows « Layla » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Layla |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \laj.la\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #42,977 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Layla »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Layla (IPA \laj.la\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #42,977 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom féminin.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Layla, with forms such as "alyla", "lalya", and "layal". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "lola", "lila", "Lyle", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Layla, spelled L-A-Y-L-A.
Definition
- 1Prénom féminin.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- alyla
- lalya
- layal
- laylla
- layyla
- llayla
- lyala
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Layla - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Layla", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).