landman
"landman" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“landman” is uncommon English (frequency #96,155 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,155
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Someone who lives or works on land, as opposed to a seaman.
Corpus desk
Index EN-landman · landman · English
landman · rank #96,155 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,155
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH lapsing
Nearest frequency peer: lapsing (+2 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 “landman”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Lalique
Lalique
3,851 corpus weight
- landman
landman
3,846 corpus weight
- lapsing
lapsing
3,844 corpus weight
- Laserdisc
Laserdisc
3,843 corpus weight
- Lebensraum
Lebensraum
3,842 corpus weight
- Lebesgue
Lebesgue
3,841 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “landman” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | landman |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #96,155 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “landman” in English
Rare enough to double-check
landman is uncommon English at frequency #96,155 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
landman has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From land + -man. The correct English form is landman, spelled L-A-N-D-M-A-N.
Definition
- 1Someone who lives or works on land, as opposed to a seaman.
- 2In the United States, a person involved in determining, transferring, or managing mineral rights, to include oil (petroleum) and natural gas exploration, development, and production.
Etymology
From land + -man.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).