landscape
/ˈlan(d)skeɪp/noun, verb
landscape is spelled L-A-N-D-S-C-A-P-E: 9 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 23 times per million words in written English, the 3,875th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, landscape means “A portion of land or territory as defined by its landform, its geographical (and architectural) features” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of landscape is landscapes.
How many letters and syllables are in landscape?
| Letters | 9: L-A-N-D-S-C-A-P-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 23 times per million words; the 3,875th 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 landscape?
Landscape appears 23 times per million words in written English, the 3,875th 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 landscape?
- UK /ˈlan(d)skeɪp/
- /ˈlæn(d)skɪp/
Landscape 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-landscape.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of landscape
- landscapes plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- landscaping participle, present
- landscaped participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does landscape mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A portion of land or territory as defined by its landform, its geographical (and architectural) features.
- 2
A portion of land which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects thus seen.
- 3
A sociological aspect of a physical area.
- 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
The pictorial aspect of a country.
- 6
a mode of printing where the horizontal sides are longer than the vertical sides
- 7
A space, indoor or outdoor and natural or man-made (as in "designed landscape")
- 8
a situation that is presented, a scenario
The software patent landscape has changed considerably in the last years
verb
- 1
To create or maintain a landscape.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Landscape in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | paysage |
| German | Landschaft , Querformat |
| Portuguese | paisagem, panorama, vista |
| Spanish | paisaje, terrazo , modo apaisado |
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 landscape come from?
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”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).