# peasantry

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpɛzəntɹi/ · frequency rank #41,806

## Definitions
1. Impoverished rural farm workers, either as serfs, small freeholders or hired hands.
2. Ignorant people of the lowest social status; bumpkins, rustics.
3. The condition of being a peasant; the position, rank, conduct, or quality of a peasant.

## Etymology
From peasant + -ry, from Middle English paissaunt.

## Easily confused with
- **peasants** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peasantry-vs-peasants)
- **pleasantly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peasantry-vs-pleasantly)
- **peasant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peasant-vs-peasantry)

## Common misspellings (14)
`epasantry`, `paesantry`, `peaasntry`, `peasanntry`, `peasanrty`, `peasantrry`, `peasantryy`, `peasanttry`, `peasantyr`, `peasatnry`, `peasnatry`, `peassantry`, `pesaantry`, `ppeasantry`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/peasantry