lander
land·er[ˈlændɚ]noun
lander is spelled L-A-N-D-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables (land·er). It appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,835th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, lander means “One who lands, or who lands something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of lander is landers.
How many letters and syllables are in lander?
| Letters | 6: L-A-N-D-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: land·er |
| In writing | 1.4 times per million words; the 23,835th 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 lander?
Lander appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,835th 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 lander?
- UK [ˈlændə]
- US [ˈlændɚ]
Lander has 2 syllables, split land·er in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-lander.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with lander?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as lander.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: darnel.
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).
Forms of lander
- landers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does lander mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who lands, or who lands something.
- 2
A spacecraft, particularly a probe, designed to set down on the surface of another celestial body.
- 3
A person who waits at the mouth of the shaft to receive the kibble of ore.
- 4
slangAn illegal immigrant.
- 5
Synonym of landing page.
- 6
A person from a specific land. See highlander, Greenlander.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Lander in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense space probe:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | atterrisseur |
| German | Lander |
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.
Where does lander come from?
From land (verb) + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).