yeomanry
/ˈjoʊmənɹi/
"yeomanry" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“yeomanry” is uncommon English (frequency #64,140 among 366 “Y” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,140
- frequency rank, English
- 366
- “Y” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A class of small freeholders who cultivated their own land.
Corpus desk
Index EN-yeomanry · yeomanry · English
yeomanry · rank #64,140 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,140
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 366
- PHOTO-FINISH yerba
Nearest frequency peer: yerba (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “yeomanry”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Yael
Yael
35,864 corpus weight
- yapping
yapping
35,863 corpus weight
- yeomanry
yeomanry
35,861 corpus weight
- yerba
yerba
35,860 corpus weight
- yodel
yodel
35,859 corpus weight
- zar
zar
35,858 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “yeomanry” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | yeomanry |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈjoʊmənɹi/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #64,140 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “yeomanry” in English
Rare enough to double-check
yeomanry is uncommon English at frequency #64,140 among 366 “Y” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈjoʊmənɹi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for yeomanry, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English ȝemanry, yemandry, yema[n]ri, yemanrye, yomandrye, yomanry; equivalent to yeoman + -ry. The correct English form is yeomanry, spelled Y-E-O-M-A-N-R-Y.
Definition
- 1A class of small freeholders who cultivated their own land.
- 2A British volunteer cavalry force organized in 1761 for home defense and later incorporated into the Territorial Army.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how yeomanry appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The enfranchised yeomanry began to feel an instinct for dominion.
Etymology
From Middle English ȝemanry, yemandry, yema[n]ri, yemanrye, yomandrye, yomanry; equivalent to yeoman + -ry.
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.
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