little man
"little-man" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“little man” 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) - An ordinary man of no particular fame or accomplishment; especially, everyone who is an underdog by the nature of not being rich or powerful.
Corpus desk
Index EN-little-man · little man · English
little man · 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 "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | little man |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “little man” in English
Rare enough to double-check
little man is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for little man in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is little man, spelled L-I-T-T-L-E- -M-A-N.
Definition
- 1An ordinary man of no particular fame or accomplishment; especially, everyone who is an underdog by the nature of not being rich or powerful.
- 2A young boy.
- 3A man with dwarfism, or short stature resulting from a medical condition.
- 4The penis.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how little man appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Near-synonym: common man
Who's going to look out for the little man as insurers increasingly weasel out of paying claims?
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.