# freedman

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #30,431

## Definitions
1. A man who has been released from a condition of slavery.

## Etymology
From freed + man.

## Easily confused with
- **freeman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/freedman-vs-freeman)
- **freshman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/freedman-vs-freshman)
- **Friedman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/freedman-vs-friedman)
- **Freudian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/freedman-vs-freudian)
- **Feldman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feldman-vs-freedman)

## Common misspellings (12)
`feredman`, `ffreedman`, `fredeman`, `fredman`, `freedamn`, `freeddman`, `freedmann`, `freedmman`, `freedmna`, `freemdan`, `frreedman`, `rfeedman`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/freedman