old man's pepper
"old-man-s-pepper" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“old man's pepper” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Achillea millefolium or common yarrow, a flowering plant native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | old man's pepper |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “old man's pepper” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
old man's pepper is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Achillea millefolium or common yarrow, a flowering plant native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for old man's pepper, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Compound of old + man's + pepper, presumably so-called for its pungent flavor (see quotations below). The correct English form is old man's pepper, spelled O-L-D- -M-A-N-'-S- -P-E-P-P-E-R.
Definition
- 1Achillea millefolium or common yarrow, a flowering plant native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
Etymology
Compound of old + man's + pepper, presumably so-called for its pungent flavor (see quotations below).
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.
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Using “old man's pepper”
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- The one correct English spelling is O-L-D- -M-A-N-'-S- -P-E-P-P-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.