churchman
/ˈt͡ʃɜːt͡ʃmən/
"churchman" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“churchman” is uncommon English (frequency #57,939 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,939
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A churchwarden.
Corpus desk
Index EN-churchman · churchman · English
churchman · rank #57,939 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,939
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Chippendale
Nearest frequency peer: Chippendale (-1 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 “churchman”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- chaplaincy
chaplaincy
42,066 corpus weight
- Cheong
Cheong
42,065 corpus weight
- chided
chided
42,064 corpus weight
- Chippendale
Chippendale
42,063 corpus weight
- churchman
churchman
42,062 corpus weight
- claymore
claymore
42,060 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “churchman” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | churchman |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈt͡ʃɜːt͡ʃmən/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #57,939 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “churchman” in English
Rare enough to double-check
churchman is uncommon English at frequency #57,939 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈt͡ʃɜːt͡ʃmən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for churchman in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From church + man. Compare kirkman and German Kirchmann. The correct English form is churchman, spelled C-H-U-R-C-H-M-A-N.
Definition
- 1A churchwarden.
- 2A person (originally a man) of authority in a Christian religious organization (a church).
- 3A member or adherent of an established church, especially the Church of England.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how churchman appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The bishop, a highly placed churchman, stated the religion's opinion.
I replied, ‘I attended St. James's, St. Martin's, and St. Ann's, Soho;’—‘So,’ said he, ‘you are a churchman.’
Etymology
From church + man. Compare kirkman and German Kirchmann.
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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