herdsman
"herdsman" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“herdsman” is uncommon English (frequency #83,336 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,336
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep; especially, the foreman among a group of such farmworkers, usually with more knowledge and experience.
Corpus desk
Index EN-herdsman · herdsman · English
herdsman · rank #83,336 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,336
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH herby
Nearest frequency peer: herby (-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 “herdsman”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- helicobacter
helicobacter
16,670 corpus weight
- hendy
hendy
16,667 corpus weight
- herby
herby
16,666 corpus weight
- herdsman
herdsman
16,665 corpus weight
- Heredia
Heredia
16,664 corpus weight
- Hestia
Hestia
16,663 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “herdsman” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | herdsman |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #83,336 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “herdsman” in English
Rare enough to double-check
herdsman is uncommon English at frequency #83,336 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep; especially, the foreman among a group of such farmworkers, usually with more knowledge and experience.".
herdsman doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From herd + -s- + -man. The correct English form is herdsman, spelled H-E-R-D-S-M-A-N.
Definition
- 1A person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep; especially, the foreman among a group of such farmworkers, usually with more knowledge and experience.
Etymology
From herd + -s- + -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); 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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