# womanhood

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈwʊmənhʊd/ · frequency rank #33,910

## Definitions
1. The state or condition of being a woman, as contrasted with being a girl, man, boy, or nonbinary.
2. All of the women of a given place, area, or subgroup regarded collectively.
3. The idealized nature of a woman: all of the characteristics traditionally and ideally ascribed to womanliness regarded collectively.
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. The female genitalia, especially the vulva.

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

## Common misspellings (13)
`owmanhood`, `wmoanhood`, `woamnhood`, `womahnood`, `womanhhood`, `womanhod`, `womanhodo`, `womanhoodd`, `womannhood`, `womanohod`, `wommanhood`, `womnahood`, `wwomanhood`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/womanhood