Gotland

noun

The verdict

“Gotland” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plus grande île de la Suède, située en mer Baltique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gotland · Gotland · French

Gotland · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "G" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for Gotland
PropertyValue
HeadwordGotland
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Gotland » en français

Gotlandreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gotland is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Gotland, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Gotland, spelled G-O-T-L-A-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plus grande île de la Suède, située en mer Baltique.
  2. 2
    Comté de Suède.
  3. 3
    Localité de Suède.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Gotland appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Au cœur de la mer Baltique, Gotland retrouve une importance stratégique de taille.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Gotland"?
"Gotland" is spelled G-O-T-L-A-N-D.
What does "Gotland" mean?
As a noun, "Gotland" means: Plus grande île de la Suède, située en mer Baltique.
What language does "Gotland" come from?
"Gotland" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list