# woodman

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈwʊdmən/ · frequency rank #39,166

## Definitions
1. Someone who cuts down trees or cuts up, splits, and sells wood.
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. Someone who makes things from wood.
4. Someone who hunts animals in a wood, hunter, huntsman.
5. Someone who lives in the woods and is considered to be uncivilized or barbaric, a savage.

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

## Easily confused with
- **workman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woodman-vs-workman)
- **woman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woman-vs-woodman)
- **wooden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wooden-vs-woodman)
- **woodland** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woodland-vs-woodman)

## Common misspellings (10)
`owodman`, `wodman`, `wodoman`, `woodamn`, `wooddman`, `woodmann`, `woodmman`, `woodmna`, `woomdan`, `wwoodman`

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