# woodland

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈwʊd.lənd/ · frequency rank #12,171

## Definitions
1. Of a creature or object: growing, living, or existing in a woodland.
2. Having the character of a woodland.

## Etymology
From Middle English wodeland, wodelond, from Old English wuduland (“woodland; forestland; forest”), equivalent to wood + land. Compare West Frisian wâldlân, Dutch bosland, German Waldland, Icelandic skóglendi.
Eclipsed non-native Middle English salt (“woodland”), borrowed from Latin saltus (“woodland, forest”).

## Easily confused with
- **woodman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woodland-vs-woodman)
- **woodward** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woodland-vs-woodward)
- **Woodlands** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woodland-vs-woodlands)

## Common misspellings (12)
`owodland`, `wodland`, `wodoland`, `woodalnd`, `wooddland`, `woodladn`, `woodlandd`, `woodlannd`, `woodlland`, `woodlnad`, `wooldand`, `wwoodland`

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