landmass
/ˈlænd.mæs/noun
landmass is spelled L-A-N-D-M-A-S-S: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 50,539th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, landmass means “A large, continuous area of land surrounded by sea or contiguous with another landmass” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of landmass is landmasses.
How many letters and syllables are in landmass?
| Letters | 8: L-A-N-D-M-A-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 50,539th 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 landmass?
Landmass appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 50,539th 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 landmass?
- US /ˈlænd.mæs/
Landmass 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-landmass.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-landmass.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of landmass
- landmasses plural
- land mass
- land-mass
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does landmass mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A large, continuous area of land surrounded by sea or contiguous with another landmass.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Landmass in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense large continuous area of land:
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 landmass come from?
From land + mass.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).