yeomanry
/ˈjoʊmənɹi/
"yeomanry" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“yeomanry” is uncommon English (frequency #64,140 among 2,763 “Y” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,140
- frequency rank, English
- 2,763
- “Y” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A class of small freeholders who cultivated their own land.
| 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) |
Where “yeomanry” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
yeomanry is uncommon English at frequency #64,140 among 2,763 “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.
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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Using “yeomanry”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is Y-E-O-M-A-N-R-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.