girlyman
"girlyman" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“girlyman” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An effeminate man.
Corpus desk
Index EN-girlyman · girlyman · English
girlyman · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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 | girlyman |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “girlyman” in English
Rare enough to double-check
girlyman is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An effeminate man.".
Zero misspellings are on record for girlyman in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From girly + man. The correct English form is girlyman, spelled G-I-R-L-Y-M-A-N.
Definition
- 1An effeminate man.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how girlyman appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
1988, Schwarzenegger, Arnold, during the 1988 United States presidential election "They all look like a bunch of girlymen, right?"
"You whuss! ... I thought Blake was the only girlyman on the team. I guess there are two."
Etymology
From girly + 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.