fairyland
"fairyland" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fairyland” is uncommon English (frequency #60,077 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,077
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The land or abode of fairies.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fairyland · fairyland · English
fairyland · rank #60,077 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,077
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH famished
Nearest frequency peer: famished (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “fairyland”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- exfoliate
exfoliate
39,930 corpus weight
- exfoliation
exfoliation
39,929 corpus weight
- exhalation
exhalation
39,928 corpus weight
- fairyland
fairyland
39,924 corpus weight
- famished
famished
39,923 corpus weight
- fencer
fencer
39,920 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “fairyland” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fairyland |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #60,077 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “fairyland” in English
Rare enough to double-check
fairyland is uncommon English at frequency #60,077 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
fairyland has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From fairy + land. The correct English form is fairyland, spelled F-A-I-R-Y-L-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1The land or abode of fairies.
- 2Any place of great natural beauty, or having a magical atmosphere.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fairyland appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
These fairy-lands are only seen by very pious people or by those who are gifted with second sight, when in danger of their lives at sea, and they appear where at other times no land is to be found.
Disconsolately they shot the water-chute, swung on the swings, ate fairy floss from the booth like nostalgic exiles from fairyland.
Etymology
From fairy + land.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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