harvestman
noun
harvestman is spelled H-A-R-V-E-S-T-M-A-N: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 46 million words in written English, the 209,386th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, harvestman means “A male harvester; any harvester (person who works to gather in the crops at harvest time)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of harvestman is harvestmen.
How many letters and syllables are in harvestman?
| Letters | 10: H-A-R-V-E-S-T-M-A-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 46 million words; the 209,386th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is harvestman?
Harvestman appears about once in every 46 million words in written English, the 209,386th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce harvestman?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-harvestman.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of harvestman
- harvestmen plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does harvestman mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A male harvester; any harvester (person who works to gather in the crops at harvest time).
Near-synonym: carter
- 2
An order of terrestrial, non-venomous arachnids with often very long legs: Opiliones; any individual of this order.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Harvestman in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense arachnid:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | faucheur, faucheux |
| German | Afterspinne, Kanker, Schneckenkanker, Schneider, Weberknecht, Zimmermann |
| Portuguese | opilião, aranhiço |
| Spanish | segador, opilión, agostero, araña patona, pinacate, falangio |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does harvestman come from?
From harvest + -man. (sense 2): There are various hypotheses and folk etymologies for why the arachnids are called harvestmen, but the most likely explanation is the shape of their legs, which resemble sickles or scythes.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).