# badlands

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbæd.lændz/ · frequency rank #35,620

## Definitions
1. An arid terrain characterized by severe erosion of sedimentary rocks.

## Etymology
From earlier Bad Lands, calque of Canadian French mauvaises terres à traverser (“bad lands to cross”), itself a calque of Lakota Makȟóšiča (from makȟá (“land”) + o- (attributive prefix) + šíča (“bad”)).

## Common misspellings (13)
`abdlands`, `badalnds`, `baddlands`, `badladns`, `badlandds`, `badlandss`, `badlannds`, `badlansd`, `badllands`, `badlnads`, `baldands`, `bbadlands`, `bdalands`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/badlands