carman
"carman" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“carman” is uncommon English (frequency #54,069 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,069
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who transported goods, usually with a horse and cart.
Corpus desk
Index EN-carman · carman · English
carman · rank #54,069 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,069
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH camphor
Nearest frequency peer: camphor (-2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “carman”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- bushman
bushman
45,937 corpus weight
- buttock
buttock
45,936 corpus weight
- camphor
camphor
45,934 corpus weight
- carman
carman
45,932 corpus weight
- cashflow
cashflow
45,929 corpus weight
- Castel
Castel
45,928 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “carman” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | carman |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #54,069 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “carman” in English
Rare enough to double-check
carman is uncommon English at frequency #54,069 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person who transported goods, usually with a horse and cart.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for carman, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From car + -man. The correct English form is carman, spelled C-A-R-M-A-N.
Definition
- 1A person who transported goods, usually with a horse and cart.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how carman appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nine main depots and a number of sub-depots are involved and the carmen, after leaving their depots, were entirely under a controller's instructions.
In this book, journalist and researcher Christer Holmgren explains why the murders were never cleared up and names the East End carman Charles Lechmere as the culprit behind both series of murders.
Etymology
From car + -man.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).