strongman
"strongman" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“strongman” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #33,862. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,862
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A man who performs feats of strength, as in competitions or as an attraction in a circus.
Corpus desk
Index EN-strongman · strongman · English
strongman · rank #33,862 · 15 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #33,862
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH strode
Nearest frequency peer: strode (-1 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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “strongman”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- spook
spook
66,144 corpus weight
- statesmen
statesmen
66,142 corpus weight
- stork
stork
66,141 corpus weight
- strode
strode
66,140 corpus weight
- strongman
strongman
66,139 corpus weight
- subside
subside
66,135 corpus weight
What this shows “strongman” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | strongman |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #33,862 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “strongman”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around strongman, anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,862 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for strongman, with forms such as "srtongman", "sstrongman", and "storngman". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From strong + -man. The correct English form is strongman, spelled S-T-R-O-N-G-M-A-N.
Definition
- 1A man who performs feats of strength, as in competitions or as an attraction in a circus.
- 2A forceful or brutal person, usually a ruler or tyrant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how strongman appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Giovanni Battista Belzoni, the famous Egyptian archeologist, who was a man of gigantic stature, began his public career as a strongman at the Bartholomew Fair, under the management of Gyngell, the conjuror, who dubbed him The Young Hercules.
Opposite him was the Fat Lady, red-faced and laughing. Beside her, the India-rubber Man wound spaghetti on to a fork with an expression of deepest melancholy. Further down the table, the Strong Man, an overcoat covering his leopard-skin, talked garrulously.
Etymology
From strong + -man.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- srtongman
- sstrongman
- storngman
- strnogman
- strognman
- strongamn
- stronggman
- strongmann
- strongmman
- strongmna
- stronmgan
- stronngman
- strrongman
- sttrongman
- tsrongman
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of strongman - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "strongman", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).