freemason

noun

"freemason" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“freemason” is uncommon English (frequency #57,394 among 18,613 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,394
frequency rank, English
18,613
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A member of a guild of skilled itinerant masons during the Middle Ages and early modern times.

Key facts for freemason
PropertyValue
Headwordfreemason
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#57,394
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “freemason” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). freemason lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

freemason is uncommon English at frequency #57,394 among 18,613 “F” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A member of a guild of skilled itinerant masons during the Middle Ages and early modern times.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for freemason, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From free + mason. The correct English form is freemason, spelled F-R-E-E-M-A-S-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    A member of a guild of skilled itinerant masons during the Middle Ages and early modern times.

Etymology

From free + mason.

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 "freemason"?
"freemason" is spelled F-R-E-E-M-A-S-O-N.
What does "freemason" mean?
As a noun, "freemason" means: A member of a guild of skilled itinerant masons during the Middle Ages and early modern times.
What is the origin of the word "freemason"?
From free + mason. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “freemason”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is F-R-E-E-M-A-S-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list