crossbowman
"crossbowman" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“crossbowman” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Someone (usually a soldier) equipped with a crossbow.
Corpus desk
Index EN-crossbowman · crossbowman · English
crossbowman · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crossbowman |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “crossbowman” in English
Rare enough to double-check
crossbowman is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Someone (usually a soldier) equipped with a crossbow.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for crossbowman, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From crossbow + man. The correct English form is crossbowman, spelled C-R-O-S-S-B-O-W-M-A-N.
Definition
- 1Someone (usually a soldier) equipped with a crossbow.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how crossbowman appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Why did Richard I die at the hands of a crossbowman, clutching a frying pan, on the outskirts of Limoges?
Etymology
From crossbow + man.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.