repairman

noun

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

The verdict

“repairman” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #47,865. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,865
frequency rank, English
3,094
“R” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male repairer, a man who repairs things.

Corpus desk

Index EN-repairman · repairman · English

repairman · rank #47,865 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,865
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,094
  • PHOTO-FINISH rescuer

Nearest frequency peer: rescuer (+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 “repairman”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “repairman” 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 repairman
PropertyValue
Headwordrepairman
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#47,865
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “repairman”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).repairmanlands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “rescuer” (#47,866), “reiki” (#47,862), “rialto” (#47,869). Among 3,094 “R” headwords, “repairman” is #47,865. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around repairman, anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,865 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A male repairer, a man who repairs things.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for repairman, with forms such as "erpairman", "reapirman", and "repaimran". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From repair + -man. The correct English form is repairman, spelled R-E-P-A-I-R-M-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    A male repairer, a man who repairs things.

Etymology

From repair + -man.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erpairman
  • reapirman
  • repaimran
  • repairamn
  • repairmann
  • repairmman
  • repairmna
  • repairrman
  • repariman
  • repiarman
  • reppairman
  • rpeairman
  • rrepairman

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of repairman - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

erpairman2reapirman2repaimran2repairamn2repairmann1repairmman1repairmna2repairrman1
Edit distance from "repairman"

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 "repairman"?
"repairman" is spelled R-E-P-A-I-R-M-A-N.
What does "repairman" mean?
As a noun, "repairman" means: A male repairer, a man who repairs things.
What are common misspellings of "repairman"?
Common misspellings include "erpairman", "reapirman", "repaimran", "repairamn", "repairmann". The correct spelling is "repairman".
What is the origin of the word "repairman"?
From repair + -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 "repairman", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list