Land

[lant]

/[lant]/ noun

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The verdict

“Land” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #313. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#313
frequency rank, German
2,640
“L” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - die nicht von Meer bedeckte Erdoberfläche

Corpus desk

Index DE-land · Land · German

Land · rank #313 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #313
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,640
  • PHOTO-FINISH fragen

Nearest frequency peer: fragen (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “Land”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “Land” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 2, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Land vs ln
25% similar
Land vs ld
25% similar
Land vs las
25% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Land
PropertyValue
HeadwordLand
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[lant]
Letters4
Frequency rank#313
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Land” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Land lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around Land (IPA [lant]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #313 among 2,640 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Land, with forms such as "alnd", "ladn", and "landd". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ln", "ld", "las", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Land, spelled L-A-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    die nicht von Meer bedeckte Erdoberfläche
  2. 2
    unabhängiges politisches Gebilde
  3. 3
    Glied- oder Teilstaat (in bestimmten Staaten)
  4. 4
    abgrenzbares, historisch oder natürlich zusammengehöriges Gebiet
  5. 5
    rurale, eher landwirtschaftlich genutzte Gegend – im Gegensatz zur Stadt
  6. 6
    Gebiet im Besitz von Menschen
  7. 7
    lockere, obere Erdschicht, nutzbarer Boden
  8. 8
    Territorium eines Staates

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Einige Schildkröten leben nur auf dem Land.
  2. „Phantastische Wolkengebilde am Himmel weckten gelegentlich die Hoffnung auf Land, das sich beim Näherkommen jedoch als Täuschung erwies.“

Synonyms

FestlandLandmasseNationStaatBundeslandFreistaatKronlandReichslandGebietGegendGeländeLandschaftRegionDorfländlicher RaumGrundbesitzGrundstückImmobilieLändereienScholleAckerGrundBodenErdbodenErdeErdkrumeErdreichTerrainHoheitsgebietStaatsgebietTerritorium

Antonyms

SeeMeerWasserKolonieBundGroßstadtStadtBergGebirge

This word in other languages

land(English)tierra(Español)terre(Français)terra(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • alnd
  • ladn
  • landd
  • lannd
  • lland
  • lnad

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Land - 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.

alnd2ladn2landd1lannd1lland1lnad2
Edit distance from "Land"

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Land"?
"Land" is spelled L-A-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [lant].
What does "Land" mean?
As a noun, "Land" means: die nicht von Meer bedeckte Erdoberfläche
What words are commonly confused with "Land"?
"Land" is commonly confused with "ln", "ld", "las". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Land"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Land" is [lant]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Land" come from?
"Land" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dein#316vier#328kurz#331darf#293

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

statt6 variantsSeite6 variantsgerne6 variantsunser6 variants
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list