landed
/ˈlænd.ɪd/adjective, verb
landed is spelled L-A-N-D-E-D: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 17 times per million words in written English, the 4,752nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, landed means “In possession of land” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in landed?
| Letters | 6: L-A-N-D-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 17 times per million words; the 4,752nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is landed?
Landed appears 17 times per million words in written English, the 4,752nd 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 landed?
- /ˈlænd.ɪd/
Landed has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-landed.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does landed mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
In possession of land.
landed gentry
- 2
Consisting of land, especially with a single owner.
a landed estate
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of land
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does landed come from?
Inherited from Middle English londed, from Old English ġelandod. By surface analysis, land + -ed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).