woodman

/ˈwʊdmən/

//ˈwʊdmən// noun

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

The verdict

“woodman” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #39,166. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,166
frequency rank, English
1,759
“W” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Someone who cuts down trees or cuts up, splits, and sells wood.

Corpus desk

Index EN-woodman · woodman · English

woodman · rank #39,166 · 10 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #39,166
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,759
  • PHOTO-FINISH wimpy

Nearest frequency peer: wimpy (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “woodman”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “woodman” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

woodman vs workman
71% similar
woodman vs woman
71% similar
woodman vs wooden
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for woodman
PropertyValue
Headwordwoodman
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈwʊdmən/
Letters7
Frequency rank#39,166
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “woodman”

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).woodmanlands here:

#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. Same rarity band neighbours include “wimpy” (#39,165), “wordplay” (#39,167), “Willamette” (#39,164). Among 1,759 “W” headwords, “woodman” is #39,166. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around woodman (IPA /ˈwʊdmən/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,166 among 1,759 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for woodman, with forms such as "owodman", "wodman", and "wodoman". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "workman", "woman", "wooden", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English woodeman, wodeman, from Old English wudemann, wudumann (“woodman”), equivalent to wood + -man. The correct English form is woodman, spelled W-O-O-D-M-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Someone who cuts down trees or cuts up, splits, and sells wood.
  2. 2
    Someone who lives in the wood and manages it; (by extension) someone who spends time in the woods and has a strong familiarity with that environment.
  3. 3
    Someone who makes things from wood.
  4. 4
    Someone who hunts animals in a wood, hunter, huntsman.
  5. 5
    Someone who lives in the woods and is considered to be uncivilized or barbaric, a savage.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. As thro’ the shrilling Vale, or Mountain Ground, The Labours of the Woodman’s Axe resound; Blows following Blows are heard re-echoing wide, While crackling Forests fall on ev’ry side. Thus echo’d all the Fields with loud Alarms, So fell the Warriors, and so rung their Arms.
  2. Woodman, spare that tree! Touch not a single bough! In youth it shelter’d me, And I’ll protect it now. ’Twas my forefather’s hand That placed it near his cot; There, woodman, let it stand, Thy axe shall harm it not!

Etymology

From Middle English woodeman, wodeman, from Old English wudemann, wudumann (“woodman”), equivalent to wood + -man.

This word in other languages

bûcheron(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • owodman
  • wodman
  • wodoman
  • woodamn
  • wooddman
  • woodmann
  • woodmman
  • woodmna
  • woomdan
  • wwoodman

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of woodman - 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.

owodman2wodman1wodoman2woodamn2wooddman1woodmann1woodmman1woodmna2
Edit distance from "woodman"

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 "woodman"?
"woodman" is spelled W-O-O-D-M-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈwʊdmən/.
What does "woodman" mean?
As a noun, "woodman" means: Someone who cuts down trees or cuts up, splits, and sells wood.
What words are commonly confused with "woodman"?
"woodman" is commonly confused with "workman", "woman", "wooden". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "woodman"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "woodman" is /ˈwʊdmən/. 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 "woodman"?
From Middle English woodeman, wodeman, from Old English wudemann, wudumann (“woodman”), equivalent to wood + -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 "woodman", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list