landslide
/ˈlæn(d).slaɪd/noun, verb
landslide is spelled L-A-N-D-S-L-I-D-E: 9 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,613th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, landslide means “A natural disaster that involves the breakup and downhill flow of rock, mud, water and anything caught in the path” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of landslide is landslides.
How many letters and syllables are in landslide?
| Letters | 9: L-A-N-D-S-L-I-D-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.0 times per million words; the 15,613th 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 landslide?
Landslide appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,613th 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 landslide?
- US /ˈlæn(d).slaɪd/
Landslide 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: En-us-landslide.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-landslide.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of landslide
- landslides plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- landsliding participle, present
- landslid participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does landslide mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A natural disaster that involves the breakup and downhill flow of rock, mud, water and anything caught in the path.
Near-synonym: mudflow
- 2
A vote won by a wide or overwhelming majority.
The candidate won at 61% to 39%, which most people are calling a landslide.
verb
- 1
To undergo a landslide.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Landslide in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | glissement de terrain |
| German | Erdrutsch , erdrutschartiger Sieg, überwältigender Sieg, Erdrutschsieg |
| Portuguese | deslizamento, desabamento, derrocada , lavada |
| Spanish | corrimiento de tierra, deslave, desprendimiento térreo, argayo, alud terrero , goleada |
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 landslide come from?
From land + slide.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).