shearman
"shearman" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“shearman” is uncommon English (frequency #87,812 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,812
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - One whose occupation is to shear cloth.
Corpus desk
Index EN-shearman · shearman · English
shearman · rank #87,812 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,812
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,294
- PHOTO-FINISH shapeshift
Nearest frequency peer: shapeshift (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “shearman”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- sensitize
sensitize
12,193 corpus weight
- sessional
sessional
12,192 corpus weight
- shapeshift
shapeshift
12,190 corpus weight
- shearman
shearman
12,189 corpus weight
- Shenton
Shenton
12,188 corpus weight
- Sheol
Sheol
12,187 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “shearman” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | shearman |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #87,812 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “shearman” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
shearman is uncommon English at frequency #87,812 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for shearman in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English schereman, scherman; equivalent to shear + -man. The correct English form is shearman, spelled S-H-E-A-R-M-A-N.
Definition
- 1One whose occupation is to shear cloth.
- 2One whose occupation is to shear sheep.
Etymology
From Middle English schereman, scherman; equivalent to shear + -man.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.