leasehold
adjective, noun
leasehold is spelled L-E-A-S-E-H-O-L-D: 9 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 52,337th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, leasehold means “Of an estate in land, held for a term of years absolute by a lessee or tenant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in leasehold?
| Letters | 9: L-E-A-S-E-H-O-L-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 52,337th 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 leasehold?
Leasehold appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 52,337th 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 leasehold?
- US
Leasehold 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)-Flame,_not_lame-leasehold.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of leasehold
- leaseholds plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does leasehold mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of an estate in land, held for a term of years absolute by a lessee or tenant.
noun
- 1
A leasehold estate in land.
- 2
Real property held as an estate in land of this type.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does leasehold come from?
From lease + hold.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).