countryside
coun·try·side/ˈkʌn.tɹiˌsaɪd/noun
countryside is spelled C-O-U-N-T-R-Y-S-I-D-E: 11 letters and 3 syllables (coun·try·side). It appears 8.3 times per million words in written English, the 8,036th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, countryside means “An area located outside of towns and cities; an area that is not urban or suburban; a rural area” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of countryside is countrysides.
How many letters and syllables are in countryside?
| Letters | 11: C-O-U-N-T-R-Y-S-I-D-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: coun·try·side |
| In writing | 8.3 times per million words; the 8,036th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is countryside?
Countryside appears 8.3 times per million words in written English, the 8,036th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce countryside?
- US /ˈkʌn.tɹiˌsaɪd/
- British /ˈkʌn.tɹɪjˌsɑjd/
- /ˈkʊn.tɹiˌsaɪd/
Countryside has 3 syllables, split coun·try·side in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-countryside.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with countryside
Also written: country-side (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of countryside
- countrysides plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does countryside mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An area located outside of towns and cities; an area that is not urban or suburban; a rural area.
- 2
Such part of a larger area.
We live in the Swedish countryside.
- 3
A rural landscape.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Countryside in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | campagne, arrière-pays, paysage |
| German | Land |
| Portuguese | roça, interior , campo, campanha |
| Spanish | campo, campaña, campiña, provincia |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.