laan
obsolete
laan is spelled L-A-A-N: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 117,098th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, laan means “wholesaler, especially of fresh food” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of laan is laans.
How many letters and syllables are in laan?
| Letters | 4: L-A-A-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 15 million words; the 117,098th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is laan?
Laan appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 117,098th 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).
What rhymes with laan?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as laan.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: alan, anal.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
What does laan mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
obsoletewholesaler, especially of fresh food
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does laan come from?
From Cantonese 欄 /栏 (laan⁴⁻¹, “wholesaler”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).