moorland
noun
moorland is spelled M-O-O-R-L-A-N-D: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,680th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, moorland means “Open land that has an acidic peaty soil and is mostly covered with heather or bracken” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of moorland is moorlands.
How many letters and syllables are in moorland?
| Letters | 8: M-O-O-R-L-A-N-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 42,680th 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 moorland?
Moorland appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,680th 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 moorland?
- US
Moorland 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)-Wodencafe-moorland.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of moorland
- moorlands plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does moorland mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Open land that has an acidic peaty soil and is mostly covered with heather or bracken.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Moorland in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense land covered with heather or bracken:
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 moorland come from?
From Middle English morelond, equivalent to moor + land. Compare Old Norse mýrlendi (“moorland”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).