landscape

/ˈlan(d)skeɪp/

//ˈlan(d)skeɪp// noun

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"landscape" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“landscape” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #3,891. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,891
frequency rank, English
2,297
“L” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A portion of land or territory as defined by its landform, its geographical (and architectural) features.

Corpus desk

Index EN-landscape · landscape · English

landscape · rank #3,891 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,891
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,297
  • PHOTO-FINISH juice

Nearest frequency peer: juice (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “landscape”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “landscape” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for landscape
PropertyValue
Headwordlandscape
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈlan(d)skeɪp/
Letters9
Frequency rank#3,891
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “landscape”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).landscapelands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “juice” (#3,890), “logic” (#3,892), “jean” (#3,889). Among 2,297 “L” headwords, “landscape” is #3,891. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around landscape (IPA /ˈlan(d)skeɪp/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,891 among 2,297 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for landscape, with forms such as "alndscape", "ladnscape", and "landcsape". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From an alteration (due to Dutch landschap) of earlier landskip, lantschip, from Middle English *landschippe, *landschapp, from Old English landsċipe, landsċeap (“region, district, tract of land”); in some senses from Dutch landschap (“region, district, pro… The correct English form is landscape, spelled L-A-N-D-S-C-A-P-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    A portion of land or territory as defined by its landform, its geographical (and architectural) features.
  2. 2
    A portion of land which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects thus seen.
  3. 3
    A sociological aspect of a physical area.
  4. 4
    A picture representing a real or imaginary scene by land or sea, the main subject being the general aspect of nature, as fields, hills, forests, water, etc.
  5. 5
    The pictorial aspect of a country.
  6. 6
    a mode of printing where the horizontal sides are longer than the vertical sides
  7. 7
    A space, indoor or outdoor and natural or man-made (as in "designed landscape")
  8. 8
    a situation that is presented, a scenario

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how landscape appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Piſcat[or]. [...] [T]heſe Hills though high, bleak, and craggy, breed and feed good Beef, and Mutton above ground, and afford good ſtore of Lead within. / Viat[or]. They had need of all thoſe commodities to make amends for the ill Land-ſchape: [...]
  2. Ahead the flanks of the Pennines gleamed faintly in the moonlight, looking as though they themselves were part of some dry and deserted lunar landscape.

Etymology

From an alteration (due to Dutch landschap) of earlier landskip, lantschip, from Middle English *landschippe, *landschapp, from Old English landsċipe, landsċeap (“region, district, tract of land”); in some senses from Dutch landschap (“region, district, province, landscape”), from Middle Dutch landscap, lantscap (“region”), from Old Dutch *landskepi, *landskapi (“region”). Cognate with Scots landskape, landskep, landskip (“landscape”), West Frisian lânskip (“landscape”), Low German landschop (“landscape, district”), German Landschaft (“landscape, countryside, scenery”), Danish landskab (“landscape, countryside”), Swedish landskap (“landscape, scenery, province”), Icelandic landskapur (“countryside”). By surface analysis, land + -ship.

Synonyms

landscapeoutlookpanoramaperspectiveprospectscenesceneryterrainview

Antonyms

portrait

This word in other languages

paisaje(Español)paysage(Français)Landschaft(Deutsch)panorama(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • alndscape
  • ladnscape
  • landcsape
  • landdscape
  • landsacpe
  • landscaep
  • landscappe
  • landsccape
  • landscpae
  • landsscape
  • lanndscape
  • lansdcape
  • llandscape
  • lnadscape

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of landscape - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

alndscape2ladnscape2landcsape2landdscape1landsacpe2landscaep2landscappe1landsccape1
Edit distance from "landscape"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "landscape"?
"landscape" is spelled L-A-N-D-S-C-A-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈlan(d)skeɪp/.
What does "landscape" mean?
As a noun, "landscape" means: A portion of land or territory as defined by its landform, its geographical (and architectural) features.
What are common misspellings of "landscape"?
Common misspellings include "alndscape", "ladnscape", "landcsape", "landdscape", "landsacpe". The correct spelling is "landscape".
How do you pronounce "landscape"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "landscape" is /ˈlan(d)skeɪp/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "landscape"?
From an alteration (due to Dutch landschap) of earlier landskip, lantschip, from Middle English *landschippe, *landschapp, from Old English landsċipe, landsċeap (“region, district, tract of land”); in some senses from Dutch landschap (“region, dis... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "landscape", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Melbourne#3,894Microsoft#3,895objective#3,896frequency#3,881

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

residence14 variantssearching14 variantsWisconsin14 variantsconcluded14 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list