# sportsman

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #23,685

## Definitions
1. A man who engages in sports; an athlete.
2. A man who engages in country sports, such as hunting or fishing.
3. A man who exhibits good sportsmanship, or who exhibits sportsmanship as specified (good or bad).

## Etymology
From sports + -man.

## Easily confused with
- **swordsman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sportsman-vs-swordsman)
- **Scotsman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scotsman-vs-sportsman)
- **spokesman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spokesman-vs-sportsman)

## Common misspellings (15)
`psortsman`, `soprtsman`, `sporrtsman`, `sporstman`, `sportmsan`, `sportsamn`, `sportsmann`, `sportsmman`, `sportsmna`, `sportssman`, `sporttsman`, `spotrsman`, `spportsman`, `sprotsman`, `ssportsman`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sportsman