husbandry
/ˈhʌzb(ə)ndɹi/
"husbandry" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“husbandry” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #31,606 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #31,606
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The occupation or work of a husbandman or farmer; the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock; agriculture.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | husbandry |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈhʌzb(ə)ndɹi/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #31,606 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “husbandry” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for husbandry is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈhʌzb(ə)ndɹi/. Corpus data places it at rank #31,606 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for husbandry, with forms such as "hhusbandry", "hsubandry", and "hubsandry". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "husbands", "husband", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English hus-bō̆ndrī, hus-bō̆ndrīe, husbanderi, husbonderie, housbondrye, housebondrie (“household management, housekeeping; household duties; economy, skilful management, thrift; farm management, agriculture, farming; cultivation; household arti… The correct English form is husbandry, spelled H-U-S-B-A-N-D-R-Y.
Definition
- 1The occupation or work of a husbandman or farmer; the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock; agriculture.
- 2The prudent management or conservation of resources.
- 3Administration or management of day-to-day matters.
- 4Agricultural or cultivated land.
- 5Techniques of animal care.
Etymology
From Middle English hus-bō̆ndrī, hus-bō̆ndrīe, husbanderi, husbonderie, housbondrye, housebondrie (“household management, housekeeping; household duties; economy, skilful management, thrift; farm management, agriculture, farming; cultivation; household articles; husbands collectively”), from hǒus-bō̆nd, hǒus-bō̆nde (“male spouse, husband; master of a house; male head of a household; man having charge of something, household manager; (figuratively) host, inhabitant, resident; bondsman, villein; farmer, husbandman”) (see further at husband) + -rīe (suffix forming nouns collectively denoting members or practitioners of a craft or profession). By surface analysis, husband + -ry.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: hhusbandry,hsubandry,hubsandry,husabndry,husbadnry,husbanddry,husbandrry,husbandryy,husbandyr,husbanndry,husbanrdy,husbbandry,husbnadry,hussbandry,uhsbandry
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of husbandry - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “husbandry”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is H-U-S-B-A-N-D-R-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈhʌzb(ə)ndɹi/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “husbands” - see the side-by-side comparison. husbandry vs husbands
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.