little man in the boat

noun

"little-man-in-the-boat" is a 18-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“little man in the boat” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
22
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The clitoris.

Corpus desk

Index EN-little-man-in-the-boat · little man in the boat · English

little man in the boat · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 22 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "L" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for little man in the boat
PropertyValue
Headwordlittle man in the boat
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters22
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “little man in the boat” in English

little man in the boatsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

little man in the boat is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The clitoris.".

Zero misspellings are on record for little man in the boat in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From its physical appearance. The correct English form is little man in the boat, spelled L-I-T-T-L-E- -M-A-N- -I-N- -T-H-E- -B-O-A-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    The clitoris.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how little man in the boat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. I'm sorry, Mayor, but I couldn't find the little man in the boat.
  2. “You shitheads know how to eat pussy?” He sprayed the nearest among us with spittle.[…]“What you do,” continued Kennington in high bellow, “what you do is get down there and find the little man in the boat. That's who you gotta find. The little man in the boat.”

Etymology

From its physical appearance.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "little man in the boat"?
"little man in the boat" is spelled L-I-T-T-L-E- -M-A-N- -I-N- -T-H-E- -B-O-A-T.
What does "little man in the boat" mean?
As a noun, "little man in the boat" means: The clitoris.
What is the origin of the word "little man in the boat"?
From its physical appearance. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list