tribesman

noun

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"tribesman" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“tribesman” is uncommon English (frequency #83,835 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,835
frequency rank, English
3,151
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A (usually male) member of a tribe.

Corpus desk

Index EN-tribesman · tribesman · English

tribesman · rank #83,835 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,835
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,151
  • PHOTO-FINISH Tremayne

Nearest frequency peer: Tremayne (-1 rank slots)

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Long-tail ranks near “tribesman”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “tribesman” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for tribesman
PropertyValue
Headwordtribesman
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#83,835
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “tribesman” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).tribesmanfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “Tremayne” (#83,834), “treacherously” (#83,833), “troponin” (#83,837). Among 3,151 “T” headwords, “tribesman” is #83,835. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tribesman is uncommon English at frequency #83,835 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A (usually male) member of a tribe.".

Zero misspellings are on record for tribesman in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From tribe + -s- + -man. The correct English form is tribesman, spelled T-R-I-B-E-S-M-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    A (usually male) member of a tribe.

Etymology

From tribe + -s- + -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 "tribesman"?
"tribesman" is spelled T-R-I-B-E-S-M-A-N.
What does "tribesman" mean?
As a noun, "tribesman" means: A (usually male) member of a tribe.
What is the origin of the word "tribesman"?
From tribe + -s- + -man. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tribesman", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list