# Lapland

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #44,896

## Definitions
1. The northern parts of Scandinavia and Finland with the Kola Peninsula in Russia, traditionally inhabited by the Sami people.
2. A region in northern Finland.

## Etymology
From Lapp + -land.

## Easily confused with
- **Leland** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lapland-vs-leland)
- **lowland** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lapland-vs-lowland)
- **Leyland** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lapland-vs-leyland)
- **Laplace** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laplace-vs-lapland)
- **lakeland** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lakeland-vs-lapland)

## Common misspellings (11)
`alpland`, `lalpand`, `lapalnd`, `lapladn`, `laplandd`, `laplannd`, `laplland`, `laplnad`, `lappland`, `llapland`, `lpaland`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/lapland