landmass
/ˈlænd.mæs/
"landmass" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“landmass” is uncommon English (frequency #50,637 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,637
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A large, continuous area of land surrounded by sea or contiguous with another landmass.
Corpus desk
Index EN-landmass · landmass · English
landmass · rank #50,637 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,637
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH languid
Nearest frequency peer: languid (+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 “landmass”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- LaBeouf
LaBeouf
49,368 corpus weight
- Lacoste
Lacoste
49,367 corpus weight
- ladybird
ladybird
49,366 corpus weight
- landmass
landmass
49,364 corpus weight
- languid
languid
49,363 corpus weight
- Leann
Leann
49,362 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “landmass” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | landmass |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈlænd.mæs/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #50,637 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “landmass” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
landmass is uncommon English at frequency #50,637 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈlænd.mæs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A large, continuous area of land surrounded by sea or contiguous with another landmass.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for landmass in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From land + mass. The correct English form is landmass, spelled L-A-N-D-M-A-S-S.
Definition
- 1A large, continuous area of land surrounded by sea or contiguous with another landmass.
Etymology
From land + mass.
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); 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 September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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