slan
/slæn/noun
slan is spelled S-L-A-N: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, slan means “A fan of science fiction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of slan is slans.
How many letters and syllables are in slan?
| Letters | 4: S-L-A-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 27 million words; the 157,761st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is slan?
Slan appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st 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 slan?
- /slæn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-AcpoKrane-slan.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of slan
- slans plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does slan mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
datedslangA fan of science fiction.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does slan come from?
From Slan (1940) by A. E. van Vogt, a science fiction novel about persecuted–yet physically, mentally and morally superior–telepathic mutant humans. In the novel they are named after their alleged creator, Samuel Lann.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).