hundredman

noun

"hundredman" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“hundredman” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person overseeing a hundred.

Corpus desk

Index EN-hundredman · hundredman · English

hundredman · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "H" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for hundredman
PropertyValue
Headwordhundredman
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “hundredman” in English

hundredmanranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hundredman is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person overseeing a hundred.".

No misspelling variants are generated for hundredman in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Old English hundredmann, equivalent to hundred + -man. The correct English form is hundredman, spelled H-U-N-D-R-E-D-M-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    A person overseeing a hundred.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how hundredman appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. “By your command, Lord Bornhald.” The hundredman sounded only a little disappointed. Touching gauntleted fist to heart, he wheeled away toward the Tuatha’an encampment.

Etymology

From Old English hundredmann, equivalent to hundred + -man.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hundredman"?
"hundredman" is spelled H-U-N-D-R-E-D-M-A-N.
What does "hundredman" mean?
As a noun, "hundredman" means: A person overseeing a hundred.
What is the origin of the word "hundredman"?
From Old English hundredmann, equivalent to hundred + -man. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list