freemason
"freemason" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“freemason” is uncommon English (frequency #57,394 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,394
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A member of a guild of skilled itinerant masons during the Middle Ages and early modern times.
Corpus desk
Index EN-freemason · freemason · English
freemason · rank #57,394 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,394
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH fosse
Nearest frequency peer: fosse (-1 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.
Long-tail ranks near “freemason”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- forfeiting
forfeiting
42,610 corpus weight
- formica
formica
42,609 corpus weight
- fosse
fosse
42,608 corpus weight
- freemason
freemason
42,607 corpus weight
- Fron
Fron
42,606 corpus weight
- frontpage
frontpage
42,605 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “freemason” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | freemason |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #57,394 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “freemason” in English
Rare enough to double-check
freemason is uncommon English at frequency #57,394 among 2,507 “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
- 1A 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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).