newspaperman
/ˈn(j)uspeɪpəɹˌmæn/
"newspaperman" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“newspaperman” is uncommon English (frequency #63,105 among 1,534 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,105
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A man who works in the production of the text of a newspaper; a reporter, editor, etc.
Corpus desk
Index EN-newspaperman · newspaperman · English
newspaperman · rank #63,105 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,105
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH niceness
Nearest frequency peer: niceness (+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 “newspaperman”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- neuropathic
neuropathic
36,900 corpus weight
- neuropsychi…
neuropsychiatric
36,899 corpus weight
- nevermore
nevermore
36,898 corpus weight
- newspaperman
newspaperman
36,896 corpus weight
- niceness
niceness
36,895 corpus weight
- nonwhite
nonwhite
36,892 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “newspaperman” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | newspaperman |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈn(j)uspeɪpəɹˌmæn/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #63,105 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “newspaperman” in English
Rare enough to double-check
newspaperman is uncommon English at frequency #63,105 among 1,534 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈn(j)uspeɪpəɹˌmæn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A man who works in the production of the text of a newspaper; a reporter, editor, etc.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for newspaperman, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. 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 newspaper + -man. Compare paperboy. The correct English form is newspaperman, spelled N-E-W-S-P-A-P-E-R-M-A-N.
Definition
- 1A man who works in the production of the text of a newspaper; a reporter, editor, etc.
Etymology
From newspaper + -man. Compare paperboy.
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).