shepherd spider
"shepherd-spider" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“shepherd spider” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - harvestman, daddy longlegs (spider-like arachnid of the order Opiliones)
Corpus desk
Index EN-shepherd-spider · shepherd spider · English
shepherd spider · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | shepherd spider |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “shepherd spider” in English
Rare enough to double-check
shepherd spider is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "harvestman, daddy longlegs (spider-like arachnid of the order Opiliones)".
shepherd spider doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Compare the semantics of harvestman, harvest spider and Dutch koewachter (literally “cowherd”). The correct English form is shepherd spider, spelled S-H-E-P-H-E-R-D- -S-P-I-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1harvestman, daddy longlegs (spider-like arachnid of the order Opiliones)
Etymology
Compare the semantics of harvestman, harvest spider and Dutch koewachter (literally “cowherd”).
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.