Coleman
/ˈkoʊlmən/
"coleman" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Coleman” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #10,014 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #10,014
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname originating as a patronymic derived from the given name Colman.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Coleman |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈkoʊlmən/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #10,014 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Coleman” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Coleman is 7 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈkoʊlmən/. Corpus data places it at rank #10,014 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 17 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Coleman, with forms such as "ccoleman", "cloeman", and "coelman". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "column", "Colman", "conman", 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is Coleman, spelled C-O-L-E-M-A-N.
Definition
- 1A surname originating as a patronymic derived from the given name Colman.
- 2A surname originating as an occupation for a coal man, who burnt coal.
- 3A male given name transferred from the surname.
- 4A number of places in the United States:
- 5A number of places in the United States:
- 6A number of places in the United States:
- 7A number of places in the United States:
- 8A number of places in the United States:
- 9A number of places in the United States:
- 10A number of places in the United States:
- 11A number of places in the United States:
- 12A number of places in the United States:
- 13A number of places in the United States:
- 14A number of places in the United States:
- 15A place in Canada:
- 16A place in Canada:
- 17A place in Canada:
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccoleman,cloeman,coelman,coleamn,colemann,colemman,colemna,colleman,colmean,ocleman
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Coleman - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “Coleman”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-L-E-M-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkoʊlmən/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “column” - see the side-by-side comparison. Coleman vs column
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.