patrolman

noun

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"patrolman" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“patrolman” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #47,817. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,817
frequency rank, English
4,417
“P” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A police officer, especially a junior officer assigned patrol duty instead of detection or supervision.

Corpus desk

Index EN-patrolman · patrolman · English

patrolman · rank #47,817 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,817
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,417
  • PHOTO-FINISH peacekeeper

Nearest frequency peer: peacekeeper (+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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “patrolman”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “patrolman” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for patrolman
PropertyValue
Headwordpatrolman
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#47,817
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “patrolman”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).patrolmanlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “peacekeeper” (#47,818), “Penzance” (#47,820), “Paleolithic” (#47,812). Among 4,417 “P” headwords, “patrolman” is #47,817. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around patrolman, anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,817 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A police officer, especially a junior officer assigned patrol duty instead of detection or supervision.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for patrolman, with forms such as "aptrolman", "partolman", and "patorlman". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From patrol + -man. The correct English form is patrolman, spelled P-A-T-R-O-L-M-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    A police officer, especially a junior officer assigned patrol duty instead of detection or supervision.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. On September 9, when a solitary Japanese patrolman tried to curtail the work of five Taiwanese who were cutting trees from a windbreak (in Anting settlement, Sinhua district), the accused responded "Taiwan is not Japan's land. Why are you stopping us?"

Etymology

From patrol + -man.

This word in other languages

patrullero(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aptrolman
  • partolman
  • patorlman
  • patrloman
  • patrolamn
  • patrollman
  • patrolmann
  • patrolmman
  • patrolmna
  • patromlan
  • patrrolman
  • pattrolman
  • ppatrolman
  • ptarolman

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of patrolman - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

aptrolman2partolman2patorlman2patrloman2patrolamn2patrollman1patrolmann1patrolmman1
Edit distance from "patrolman"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "patrolman"?
"patrolman" is spelled P-A-T-R-O-L-M-A-N.
What does "patrolman" mean?
As a noun, "patrolman" means: A police officer, especially a junior officer assigned patrol duty instead of detection or supervision.
What are common misspellings of "patrolman"?
Common misspellings include "aptrolman", "partolman", "patorlman", "patrloman", "patrolamn". The correct spelling is "patrolman".
What is the origin of the word "patrolman"?
From patrol + -man. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "patrolman", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list