countryman

/ˈkʌntɹimən/

//ˈkʌntɹimən// noun

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"countryman" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“countryman” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #32,745. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,745
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Somebody from a certain country.

Corpus desk

Index EN-countryman · countryman · English

countryman · rank #32,745 · 16 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #32,745
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH converging

Nearest frequency peer: converging (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “countryman”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “countryman” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

countryman vs countrymen
90% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for countryman
PropertyValue
Headwordcountryman
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈkʌntɹimən/
Letters10
Frequency rank#32,745
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “countryman”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).countrymanlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “converging” (#32,743), “confide” (#32,742), “cramping” (#32,748). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “countryman” is #32,745. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around countryman (IPA /ˈkʌntɹimən/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,745 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for countryman, with forms such as "ccountryman", "conutryman", and "counntryman". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "countrymen", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: From country + -man. The correct English form is countryman, spelled C-O-U-N-T-R-Y-M-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Somebody from a certain country.
  2. 2
    Somebody from one's own country; a fellow countryman.
  3. 3
    A man who is a country dweller, especially a follower of country pursuits.
  4. 4
    A settled person, as opposed to a traveller.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears: / I come to bury Cæſar, not to praiſe him:
  2. You don’t need to wait. Here, there she is. There, there she is right now, embodying the harsh irony that is her existence, because at that moment next week, she will be a queen with fake power visiting a fake kingdom which arguably has more impact on the lives of her countrymen than she does.

Etymology

From country + -man.

This word in other languages

paisano(Español)citoyen(Français)Landsmann(Deutsch)nacional(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccountryman
  • conutryman
  • counntryman
  • counrtyman
  • countrmyan
  • countrryman
  • countryamn
  • countrymann
  • countrymman
  • countrymna
  • countryyman
  • counttryman
  • countyrman
  • coutnryman
  • cuontryman
  • ocuntryman

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of countryman - 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.

ccountryman1conutryman2counntryman1counrtyman2countrmyan2countrryman1countryamn2countrymann1
Edit distance from "countryman"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "countryman"?
"countryman" is spelled C-O-U-N-T-R-Y-M-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈkʌntɹimən/.
What does "countryman" mean?
As a noun, "countryman" means: Somebody from a certain country.
What words are commonly confused with "countryman"?
"countryman" is commonly confused with "countrymen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "countryman"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "countryman" is /ˈkʌntɹimən/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "countryman"?
From country + -man. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "countryman", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

converging#32,743Coimbatore#32,739carelessly#32,722bookseller#32,709

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

disagreeing16 variantsdisoriented16 variantsfacilitator16 variantsautographed16 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list