# moorland

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #42,781

## Definitions
1. Open land that has an acidic peaty soil and is mostly covered with heather or bracken.

## Etymology
From Middle English morelond, equivalent to moor + land. Compare Old Norse mýrlendi (“moorland”).

## Common misspellings (12)
`mmoorland`, `moolrand`, `mooralnd`, `moorladn`, `moorlandd`, `moorlannd`, `moorlland`, `moorlnad`, `moorrland`, `morland`, `moroland`, `omorland`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/moorland