eland
/ˈiːlənd/
"eland" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“eland” is uncommon English (frequency #79,484 among 18,836 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,484
- frequency rank, English
- 18,836
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A genus of large South African antelope (Taurotragus), valued both for its hide and flesh.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | eland |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈiːlənd/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #79,484 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “eland” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
eland is uncommon English at frequency #79,484 among 18,836 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈiːlənd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A genus of large South African antelope (Taurotragus), valued both for its hide and flesh.".
Zero misspellings are on record for eland in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Afrikaans eland, from Dutch eland (“elk”), from Middle Dutch elant, from obsolete early modern German elend, from Middle High German elen, see German Elen for more. Doublet of elk. The correct English form is eland, spelled E-L-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1A genus of large South African antelope (Taurotragus), valued both for its hide and flesh.
Etymology
Borrowed from Afrikaans eland, from Dutch eland (“elk”), from Middle Dutch elant, from obsolete early modern German elend, from Middle High German elen, see German Elen for more. Doublet of elk.
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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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “eland”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is E-L-A-N-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.