# wasteland

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈweɪs(t)ˌland/ · frequency rank #22,857

## Definitions
1. A place with no remaining resources; a desert.
2. Any barren or uninteresting place.
3. A devastated, uninhabitable area.
4. Unused land.

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English wast lond, modification of earlier weste lond, from Old English weste land (“wasteland”); equivalent to waste + land.

## Common misspellings (14)
`awsteland`, `wasetland`, `wassteland`, `wastealnd`, `wasteladn`, `wastelandd`, `wastelannd`, `wastelland`, `wastelnad`, `wastleand`, `wastteland`, `watseland`, `wsateland`, `wwasteland`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/wasteland