# husbandry

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈhʌzb(ə)ndɹi/ · frequency rank #31,606

## Definitions
1. The occupation or work of a husbandman or farmer; the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock; agriculture.
2. The prudent management or conservation of resources.
3. Administration or management of day-to-day matters.
4. Agricultural or cultivated land.
5. Techniques 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.

## Easily confused with
- **husbands** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/husbandry-vs-husbands)
- **husband** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/husband-vs-husbandry)

## Common misspellings (15)
`hhusbandry`, `hsubandry`, `hubsandry`, `husabndry`, `husbadnry`, `husbanddry`, `husbandrry`, `husbandryy`, `husbandyr`, `husbanndry`, `husbanrdy`, `husbbandry`, `husbnadry`, `hussbandry`, `uhsbandry`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/husbandry