landship
obsolete
landship is spelled L-A-N-D-S-H-I-P: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 66 million words in written English, the 255,765th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, landship means “An armored combat vehicle; a tank” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of landship is landships.
How many letters and syllables are in landship?
| Letters | 8: L-A-N-D-S-H-I-P |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 66 million words; the 255,765th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is landship?
Landship appears about once in every 66 million words in written English, the 255,765th 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).
Forms of landship
- land-ship
- land ship
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does landship mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
archaicAn armored combat vehicle; a tank.
- 2
archaicA superheavy tank; supertank.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does landship come from?
From land + ship. Contra Old English landsċipe (“countryside, region, tract of land”) and Modern English landscape. Displaced by tank.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).