landing gear
"landing-gear" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“landing gear” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The wheels, tyres, brakes, shock absorbers etc of an aircraft; its undercarriage.
Corpus desk
Index EN-landing-gear · landing gear · English
landing gear · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | landing gear |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “landing gear” in English
Rare enough to double-check
landing gear is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
landing gear has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is landing gear, spelled L-A-N-D-I-N-G- -G-E-A-R.
Definition
- 1The wheels, tyres, brakes, shock absorbers etc of an aircraft; its undercarriage.
- 2Any of the assemblies which support an aircraft when it is on the ground.
- 3The bipod stand found near the front end underneath a truck trailer, used to keep the trailer level when not attached to a tractor truck.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how landing gear appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Modern landing gear usually has a tricycle configuration.
Boeing had a problem of too much landing gear
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.