lande

/\lɑ̃d\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#24,265

in French word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

lande is aFrenchnoun. It means: Étendue de terre inculte et stérile. Pronounced \lɑ̃d\. Often confused with lune and lave.

Key facts for lande
PropertyValue
Headwordlande
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\lɑ̃d\
Letters5
Frequency rank#24,265
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of lande in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for lande is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \lɑ̃d\. Corpus data places it at rank #24,265 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for lande, with forms such as "alnde", "landde", and "laned". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lune", "lave", "line", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is lande, spelled L-A-N-D-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Étendue de terre inculte et stérile.
  2. 2
    Végétation qui croît sur une telle terre.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: alnde,landde,laned,lannde,llande,lnade

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for lande

Misspelling Variants of "lande"

alnde5landde6laned5lannde6llande6lnade5
Misspelling Variants of "lande"

Frequency rank: #24,265 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lande"?
"lande" is spelled L-A-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \lɑ̃d\.
What does "lande" mean?
As a noun, "lande" means: Étendue de terre inculte et stérile.
What words are commonly confused with "lande"?
"lande" is commonly confused with "lune", "lave", "line". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lande"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lande" is \lɑ̃d\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lande" come from?
"lande" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter L in our French index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.