Weisman

name

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

The verdict

“Weisman” is uncommon English (frequency #72,027 among 1,759 “W” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,027
frequency rank, English
1,759
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.

Corpus desk

Index EN-weisman · Weisman · English

Weisman · rank #72,027 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,027
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,759
  • PHOTO-FINISH weatherproof

Nearest frequency peer: weatherproof (-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.

Long-tail ranks near “Weisman”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Weisman
PropertyValue
HeadwordWeisman
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters7
Frequency rank#72,027
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Weisman” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).Weismanfalls in this rarity band:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “weatherproof” (#72,026), “Whitsunday” (#72,028), “Wilkin” (#72,029). Among 1,759 “W” headwords, “Weisman” is #72,027. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Weisman is uncommon English at frequency #72,027 among 1,759 “W” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Weisman, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is Weisman, spelled W-E-I-S-M-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    A surname.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Weisman appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Inundated with anti-Semitic tweets and frustrated by Twitter's initial response, New York Times editor Jon Weisman is packing up and leaving the social media platform.

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 "Weisman"?
"Weisman" is spelled W-E-I-S-M-A-N.
What does "Weisman" mean?
As a proper noun, "Weisman" means: A surname.
What language does "Weisman" come from?
"Weisman" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

wakeman#72,022uncheck#71,997throaty#71,974anaemic#72,082

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list