starman

noun

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"starman" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“starman” is uncommon English (frequency #80,913 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,913
frequency rank, English
54,294
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A spaceman.

Key facts for starman
PropertyValue
Headwordstarman
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#80,913
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “starman” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). starman lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

starman is uncommon English at frequency #80,913 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

starman doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From star + -man. The correct English form is starman, spelled S-T-A-R-M-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    A spaceman.
  2. 2
    An alien; a person who comes from another star system.
  3. 3
    An inhabitant of a star.

Etymology

From star + -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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "starman"?
"starman" is spelled S-T-A-R-M-A-N.
What does "starman" mean?
As a noun, "starman" means: A spaceman.
What is the origin of the word "starman"?
From star + -man. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “starman”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is S-T-A-R-M-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this 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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list