landowner
/ˈlændˌoʊ.nɚ/noun
landowner is spelled L-A-N-D-O-W-N-E-R: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,070th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, landowner means “A person who owns land” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of landowner is landowners.
How many letters and syllables are in landowner?
| Letters | 9: L-A-N-D-O-W-N-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 25,070th 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 landowner?
Landowner appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,070th 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 landowner?
- UK /ˈlændˌəʊ.nə/
- US /ˈlændˌoʊ.nɚ/
Landowner has 3 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)-AnotherFriendlyHuman-landowner.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of landowner
- landowners plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does landowner mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who owns land.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Landowner in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a person who owns land:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | propriétaire terrien, propriétaire terrienne |
| German | Grundbesitzer, Grundbesitzerin |
| Portuguese | terratenente |
| Spanish | terrateniente, latifundista, minifundista |
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 landowner come from?
From land + owner.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).