Lansdowne

name

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

The verdict

“Lansdowne” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #40,775 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.

#40,775
frequency rank, English
9
letters
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Lansdowne vs landowner
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Lansdowne
PropertyValue
HeadwordLansdowne
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters9
Frequency rank#40,775
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Lansdowne” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Lansdowne lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for Lansdowne is 9 letters long, classified as a proper noun. Corpus data places it at rank #40,775 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 13 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Lansdowne, with forms such as "alnsdowne", "landsowne", and "lannsdowne". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "landowner", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: Variant of Lansdown. The correct English form is Lansdowne, spelled L-A-N-S-D-O-W-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    A city or town in Uttarakhand, India
  3. 3
    A locality in the MidCoast council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  4. 4
    A suburb of Sydney in the Canterbury-Bankstown council area, New South Wales, Australia.
  5. 5
    A rural locality in Selwyn district and City of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
  6. 6
    A community, the administrative centre of Leeds and the Thousand Islands township, Ontario, Canada.
  7. 7
    A community in Yukon, Canada.
  8. 8
    A place in the United States:
  9. 9
    A place in the United States:
  10. 10
    A place in the United States:
  11. 11
    A place in the United States:
  12. 12
    A place in the United States:
  13. 13
    An inner suburb of Bournemouth in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SZ0991).

Etymology

Variant of Lansdown.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: alnsdowne,landsowne,lannsdowne,lansddowne,lansdonwe,lansdowen,lansdownne,lansdowwne,lansdwone,lansodwne,lanssdowne,lasndowne,llansdowne,lnasdowne

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Lansdowne - 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.

alnsdowne2landsowne2lannsdowne1lansddowne1lansdonwe2lansdowen2lansdownne1lansdowwne1
Edit distance from "Lansdowne"

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 "Lansdowne"?
"Lansdowne" is spelled L-A-N-S-D-O-W-N-E.
What does "Lansdowne" mean?
As a proper noun, "Lansdowne" means: A surname.
What words are commonly confused with "Lansdowne"?
"Lansdowne" is commonly confused with "landowner". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What is the origin of the word "Lansdowne"?
Variant of Lansdown. See the full etymology section above for more details.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Using “Lansdowne”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is L-A-N-S-D-O-W-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Don't mix it up with “landowner” - see the side-by-side comparison. Lansdowne vs landowner
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list