womanhood

/ˈwʊmənhʊd/

//ˈwʊmənhʊd// noun

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

The verdict

“womanhood” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #33,910. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,910
frequency rank, English
12,113
“W” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The state or condition of being a woman, as contrasted with being a girl, man, boy, or nonbinary.

Key facts for womanhood
PropertyValue
Headwordwomanhood
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈwʊmənhʊd/
Letters9
Frequency rank#33,910
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “womanhood” 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). womanhood 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.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around womanhood (IPA /ˈwʊmənhʊd/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,910 among 12,113 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for womanhood, with forms such as "owmanhood", "wmoanhood", and "woamnhood". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English womanhoode, wommanhod, whomanhode, variants of wommanhede. By surface analysis, woman + -hood. The correct English form is womanhood, spelled W-O-M-A-N-H-O-O-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    The state or condition of being a woman, as contrasted with being a girl, man, boy, or nonbinary.
  2. 2
    All of the women of a given place, area, or subgroup regarded collectively.
  3. 3
    The idealized nature of a woman: all of the characteristics traditionally and ideally ascribed to womanliness regarded collectively.
  4. 4
    The self-concept of a woman with respect to her possession of the various qualities traditionally and ideally ascribed to womanliness; a woman's sense or view of herself as being more or less womanly.
  5. 5
    The female genitalia, especially the vulva.

Etymology

From Middle English womanhoode, wommanhod, whomanhode, variants of wommanhede. By surface analysis, woman + -hood.

This word in other languages

feminidad(Español)féminité(Français)Weiblichkeit(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • owmanhood
  • wmoanhood
  • woamnhood
  • womahnood
  • womanhhood
  • womanhod
  • womanhodo
  • womanhoodd
  • womannhood
  • womanohod
  • wommanhood
  • womnahood
  • wwomanhood

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of womanhood - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

owmanhood2wmoanhood2woamnhood2womahnood2womanhhood1womanhod1womanhodo2womanhoodd1
Edit distance from "womanhood"

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 "womanhood"?
"womanhood" is spelled W-O-M-A-N-H-O-O-D. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈwʊmənhʊd/.
What does "womanhood" mean?
As a noun, "womanhood" means: The state or condition of being a woman, as contrasted with being a girl, man, boy, or nonbinary.
What are common misspellings of "womanhood"?
Common misspellings include "owmanhood", "wmoanhood", "woamnhood", "womahnood", "womanhhood". The correct spelling is "womanhood".
How do you pronounce "womanhood"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "womanhood" is /ˈwʊmənhʊd/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "womanhood"?
From Middle English womanhoode, wommanhod, whomanhode, variants of wommanhede. By surface analysis, woman + -hood. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “womanhood”

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

  • The one correct English spelling is W-O-M-A-N-H-O-O-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /ˈwʊmənhʊd/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Same frequency band

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