herdman
"herdman" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“herdman” is uncommon English (frequency #92,684 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,684
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Someone who herds animals; a herdsman.
Corpus desk
Index EN-herdman · herdman · English
herdman · rank #92,684 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,684
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH hemostasis
Nearest frequency peer: hemostasis (-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 “herdman”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
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haematoma
7,326 corpus weight
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Haganah
7,325 corpus weight
- helder
helder
7,320 corpus weight
- hematologic…
hematological
7,319 corpus weight
- hemostasis
hemostasis
7,318 corpus weight
- herdman
herdman
7,317 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “herdman” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | herdman |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #92,684 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “herdman” in English
Rare enough to double-check
herdman is uncommon English at frequency #92,684 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Someone who herds animals; a herdsman.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for herdman, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English herdeman, from Old English hyrdeman; equivalent to herd + man. The correct English form is herdman, spelled H-E-R-D-M-A-N.
Definition
- 1Someone who herds animals; a herdsman.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how herdman appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And the heerd toke their courſe / and ran heedlynge into the lake / and wer choked. when the herdmẽ ſawe what had chaunſed / they fleed / and tolde it in the cite and in the villages.
Etymology
From Middle English herdeman, from Old English hyrdeman; equivalent to herd + man.
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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