townland
town·land/ˈtaʊnˌlænd/noun
townland is spelled T-O-W-N-L-A-N-D: 8 letters and 2 syllables (town·land). It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 110,368th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, townland means “A geographical unit of land smaller than a parish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of townland is townlands.
How many letters and syllables are in townland?
| Letters | 8: T-O-W-N-L-A-N-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: town·land |
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 110,368th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is townland?
Townland appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 110,368th 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 townland?
- UK /ˈtaʊnlænd/
- US /ˈtaʊnˌlænd/
Townland has 2 syllables, split town·land in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-townland.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with townland?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as townland from its last stressed vowel (/aʊnlænd/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of townland
- townlands plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does townland mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
IrelandA geographical unit of land smaller than a parish.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does townland come from?
From town + land.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).