tundra
/ˈtʌndɹə/noun
tundra is spelled T-U-N-D-R-A: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 26,092nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tundra means “A flat and treeless Arctic biome” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tundra is tundras.
How many letters and syllables are in tundra?
| Letters | 6: T-U-N-D-R-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.2 times per million words; the 26,092nd 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 tundra?
Tundra appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 26,092nd 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 tundra?
- /ˈtʌndɹə/
Tundra 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: En-us-tundra.ogg, En-au-tundra.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of tundra
- tundras plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tundra mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A flat and treeless Arctic biome.
- 2
A long stretch of something, such as time.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tundra in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense flat treeless arctic region:
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 tundra come from?
Borrowed from Russian ту́ндра (túndra), borrowed from Kildin Sami тӯндрэ (tūndre), from Proto-Samic *tuontër (“a kind of mountain in Lapland”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).