spearman
"spearman" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“spearman” is uncommon English (frequency #55,757 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,757
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who uses a spear; a soldier or warrior who fights with a spear; a person who hunts with a spear.
Corpus desk
Index EN-spearman · spearman · English
spearman · rank #55,757 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,757
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH spaceman
Nearest frequency peer: spaceman (-2 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.
Long-tail ranks near “spearman”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- soph
soph
44,248 corpus weight
- sounder
sounder
44,247 corpus weight
- spaceman
spaceman
44,246 corpus weight
- spearman
spearman
44,244 corpus weight
- splayed
splayed
44,241 corpus weight
- spline
spline
44,240 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “spearman” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | spearman |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #55,757 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “spearman” in English
Rare enough to double-check
spearman is uncommon English at frequency #55,757 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "One who uses a spear; a soldier or warrior who fights with a spear; a person who hunts with a spear.".
Zero misspellings are on record for spearman in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From spear + -man. The correct English form is spearman, spelled S-P-E-A-R-M-A-N.
Definition
- 1One who uses a spear; a soldier or warrior who fights with a spear; a person who hunts with a spear.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how spearman appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The second Adigar is only entitled to twenty-four spearmen and fifteen whipcrackers.
He spoke : the brawny spearman let his cheek Bulge with the unswallow'd piece, and turning stared;
Etymology
From spear + -man.
This word in other languages
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.
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