wommon

noun

"wommon" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“wommon” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Feminist spelling of woman

Corpus desk

Index EN-wommon · wommon · English

wommon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "W" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for wommon
PropertyValue
Headwordwommon
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “wommon” in English

wommonfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

wommon is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Feminist spelling of woman".

Zero misspellings are on record for wommon in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: Respelling to avoid the presence of man in the word. The correct English form is wommon, spelled W-O-M-M-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Feminist spelling of woman

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. This communion occurs wommon to wommon, wommon to tree, sea to wommon and is not essentially sexual […]
  2. You just think that because we're Black womyn, maybe that would be enough to at least start with, but sometimes it isn't. Sometimes, just being a Black wommon isn't enough.

Etymology

Respelling to avoid the presence of man in the word.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "wommon"?
"wommon" is spelled W-O-M-M-O-N.
What does "wommon" mean?
As a noun, "wommon" means: Feminist spelling of woman
What is the origin of the word "wommon"?
Respelling to avoid the presence of man in the word. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list