infantryman

noun

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"infantryman" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“infantryman” is uncommon English (frequency #60,879 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,879
frequency rank, English
2,140
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - a soldier employed in an infantry role

Corpus desk

Index EN-infantryman · infantryman · English

infantryman · rank #60,879 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,879
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH ingot

Nearest frequency peer: ingot (+1 rank slots)

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.

Long-tail ranks near “infantryman”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “infantryman” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for infantryman
PropertyValue
Headwordinfantryman
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#60,879
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “infantryman” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).infantrymanfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “ingot” (#60,880), “in's” (#60,877), “inoperative” (#60,881). Among 2,140 “I” headwords, “infantryman” is #60,879. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

infantryman is uncommon English at frequency #60,879 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for infantryman, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From infantry + man. The correct English form is infantryman, spelled I-N-F-A-N-T-R-Y-M-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    a soldier employed in an infantry role
  2. 2
    a male soldier of the infantry

Etymology

From infantry + man.

This word in other languages

infante(Español)fantassin(Français)Fußsoldat(Deutsch)peão(Português)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "infantryman"?
"infantryman" is spelled I-N-F-A-N-T-R-Y-M-A-N.
What does "infantryman" mean?
As a noun, "infantryman" means: a soldier employed in an infantry role
What is the origin of the word "infantryman"?
From infantry + man. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "infantryman", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

inoperative#60,881marginalize#60,947exoneration#60,799orientalism#61,002

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list