my lands

intj

"my-lands" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“my lands” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An expression of surprise or dismay.

Corpus desk

Index EN-my-lands · my lands · English

my lands · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for my lands
PropertyValue
Headwordmy lands
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechInterjection
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “my lands” in English

my landsranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

my lands is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An expression of surprise or dismay.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for my lands in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: Related to land sakes. The correct English form is my lands, spelled M-Y- -L-A-N-D-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    An expression of surprise or dismay.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how my lands appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Oh? At your age? Oh... the youth of today shock me... My lands...

Etymology

Related to land sakes.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "my lands"?
"my lands" is spelled M-Y- -L-A-N-D-S.
What does "my lands" mean?
As an interjection, "my lands" means: An expression of surprise or dismay.
What is the origin of the word "my lands"?
Related to land sakes. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list