human being
/ˌhjuːmən ˈbiːɪŋ/
"human-being" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“human being” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person; a large sapient, bipedal primate, with notably less hair than others of that order, of the species Homo sapiens.
Corpus desk
Index EN-human-being · human being · English
human being · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | human being |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌhjuːmən ˈbiːɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “human being” in English
Rare enough to double-check
human being is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌhjuːmən ˈbiːɪŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for human being, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From human (adjective) + being (noun). The word human was originally an adjective, thus requiring a base noun. The correct English form is human being, spelled H-U-M-A-N- -B-E-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1A person; a large sapient, bipedal primate, with notably less hair than others of that order, of the species Homo sapiens.
- 2Any member of the genus Homo, including extinct species.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how human being appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He began to reflect that in a few Minutes he might possibly deprive a human Being of Life, or might lose his own.
The first real human beings in China lived about 600,000 years ago. Fossils of Gigantopithecus, a Latin name for Giant Ape, were dug up at Lan-t'ien in the early 1960s. Though they looked a lot like apes, the Lan-t'ien people were among the first of our species to make tools.
Etymology
From human (adjective) + being (noun). The word human was originally an adjective, thus requiring a base noun.
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.