Leyla

name

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The verdict

“Leyla” is uncommon French (frequency #65,275 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,275
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom féminin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-leyla · Leyla · French

Leyla · rank #65,275 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,275
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH lignages

Nearest frequency peer: lignages (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Leyla »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Leyla » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Leyla
PropertyValue
HeadwordLeyla
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters5
Frequency rank#65,275
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Leyla » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Leylatombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « lignages » (#65,276), « Levinas » (#65,273), « limitative » (#65,277). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « Leyla » est au #65,275. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Leyla is uncommon French at frequency #65,275 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom féminin.".

Leyla doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Leyla, spelled L-E-Y-L-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom féminin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La naissance de la petite Leyla est digne d’un film de Hollywood.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Leyla"?
"Leyla" is spelled L-E-Y-L-A.
What does "Leyla" mean?
As a proper noun, "Leyla" means: Prénom féminin.
What language does "Leyla" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Loisy#65,282léser#65,287mandi#65,292Jaume#65,246

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list