landless
"landless" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“landless” is uncommon English (frequency #51,209 among 16,425 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,209
- frequency rank, English
- 16,425
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Not owning land.
Corpus desk
Index EN-landless · landless · English
landless · rank #51,209 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,209
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 16,425
- PHOTO-FINISH Langham
Nearest frequency peer: Langham (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “landless”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- KwaZulu
KwaZulu
48,795 corpus weight
- Lackawanna
Lackawanna
48,794 corpus weight
- landless
landless
48,792 corpus weight
- Langham
Langham
48,791 corpus weight
- larder
larder
48,790 corpus weight
- lasagne
lasagne
48,789 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “landless” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | landless |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #51,209 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “landless” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
landless is uncommon English at frequency #51,209 among 16,425 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
landless has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English londlees, from Old English landlēas, equivalent to land + -less. Cognate with Dutch landeloos (“landless”), German landlos (“landless”), Icelandic landlaus (“landless”). The correct English form is landless, spelled L-A-N-D-L-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1Not owning land.
- 2Not containing any land.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how landless appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The landless younger sons of the gentry often entered the military as the only way to make a living.
The landless flock to the cities seeking jobs.
Etymology
From Middle English londlees, from Old English landlēas, equivalent to land + -less. Cognate with Dutch landeloos (“landless”), German landlos (“landless”), Icelandic landlaus (“landless”).
Antonyms
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.