smoked Irishman
"smoked-irishman" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“smoked Irishman” 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) - A black man.
Corpus desk
Index EN-smoked-irishman · smoked Irishman · English
smoked Irishman · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | smoked Irishman |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “smoked Irishman” in English
Rare enough to double-check
smoked Irishman is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A black man.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for smoked Irishman, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the joint low status of blacks and the Irish in Britain and the United States during the 19th century. The correct English form is smoked Irishman, spelled S-M-O-K-E-D- -I-R-I-S-H-M-A-N.
Definition
- 1A black man.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how smoked Irishman appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The smoked Irishmen — the colored (no one says black; few even say Negro) — represent change and instability, kids who cause trouble in school, who get treatment that your kids never got, that you never got.
"We get fairly good salaries, and this is a good neighborhood, one of the few good ones left. We have no smoked Irishmen around."
Etymology
From the joint low status of blacks and the Irish in Britain and the United States during the 19th century.
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.