holy man
/ˈhəʊlɪ mæn/
"holy-man" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“holy man” 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) - A man who has devoted himself to religious practice, especially one who has absented himself from society to follow his religion; an ascetic or saint.
Corpus desk
Index EN-holy-man · holy man · English
holy man · 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 "H" 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 | holy man |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈhəʊlɪ mæn/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “holy man” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
holy man is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈhəʊlɪ mæn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A man who has devoted himself to religious practice, especially one who has absented himself from society to follow his religion; an ascetic or saint.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for holy man in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is holy man, spelled H-O-L-Y- -M-A-N.
Definition
- 1A man who has devoted himself to religious practice, especially one who has absented himself from society to follow his religion; an ascetic or saint.
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.
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