red man
"red-man" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“red man” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An American Indian; a Native American.
Corpus desk
Index EN-red-man · red man · English
red man · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | red man |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “red man” in English
Rare enough to double-check
red man is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for red man, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: In reference to Native Americans, generally accepted to have originated as a reference to their skin color; see redskin for more. The correct English form is red man, spelled R-E-D- -M-A-N.
Definition
- 1An American Indian; a Native American.
- 2A small figure of a standing man illuminated in red on a traffic light at a pedestrian crossing, indicating that it is not safe to cross the road.
- 3Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see red, man.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how red man appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The Sacred Circles show was heavily into myth, especially the current myth of the Red Man as mystic.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:red man.
Etymology
In reference to Native Americans, generally accepted to have originated as a reference to their skin color; see redskin for more.
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.