yeomen

/ˈjəʊmən/

//ˈjəʊmən// noun

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

The verdict

“yeomen” is uncommon English (frequency #71,236 among 366 “Y” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,236
frequency rank, English
366
“Y” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of yeoman

Corpus desk

Index EN-yeomen · yeomen · English

yeomen · rank #71,236 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,236
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 366
  • PHOTO-FINISH Yarbrough

Nearest frequency peer: Yarbrough (-2 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 “yeomen”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “yeomen” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for yeomen
PropertyValue
Headwordyeomen
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈjəʊmən/
Letters6
Frequency rank#71,236
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “yeomen” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).yeomenfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “Yarbrough” (#71,234), “WSW” (#71,231), “zapping” (#71,241). Among 366 “Y” headwords, “yeomen” is #71,236. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

yeomen is uncommon English at frequency #71,236 among 366 “Y” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈjəʊmən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of yeoman".

yeomen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is yeomen, spelled Y-E-O-M-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of yeoman

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 "yeomen"?
"yeomen" is spelled Y-E-O-M-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈjəʊmən/.
What does "yeomen" mean?
As a noun, "yeomen" means: plural of yeoman
How do you pronounce "yeomen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "yeomen" is /ˈjəʊmən/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "yeomen" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "yeomen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list