freeman
/ˈfɹiː.mən/
"freeman" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“freeman” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #9,182 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #9,182
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A free person
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 | freeman |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfɹiː.mən/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #9,182 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “freeman” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for freeman is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈfɹiː.mən/. Corpus data places it at rank #9,182 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 6 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 freeman, with forms such as "fereman", "ffreeman", and "freeamn". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "freeway", "freshman", "Friedman", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old English frēomann, equivalent to free + -man and paralleled by similar constructions in other Germanic languages. Doublet of preman. The correct English form is freeman, spelled F-R-E-E-M-A-N.
Definition
- 1A free person
- 2A free person
- 3A free person
- 4A free person
- 5A free person
- 6A free person
Etymology
From Old English frēomann, equivalent to free + -man and paralleled by similar constructions in other Germanic languages. Doublet of preman.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: fereman,ffreeman,freeamn,freemann,freemman,freemna,freman,fremean,frreeman,rfeeman
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of freeman - 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 “freeman”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is F-R-E-E-M-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈfɹiː.mən/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “freeway” - see the side-by-side comparison. freeman vs freeway
- 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.