youngman
"youngman" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“youngman” is uncommon English (frequency #86,971 among 366 “Y” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,971
- frequency rank, English
- 366
- “Y” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Obsolete form of young man.
Corpus desk
Index EN-youngman · youngman · English
youngman · rank #86,971 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,971
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 366
- PHOTO-FINISH Zener
Nearest frequency peer: Zener (+3 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 “youngman”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- yelps
yelps
13,036 corpus weight
- Yid
Yid
13,034 corpus weight
- youngman
youngman
13,030 corpus weight
- Zener
Zener
13,027 corpus weight
- Zhongshan
Zhongshan
13,026 corpus weight
- Zima
Zima
13,025 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “youngman” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | youngman |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #86,971 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “youngman” in English
Rare enough to double-check
youngman is uncommon English at frequency #86,971 among 366 “Y” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for youngman in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From young + man. Possible doublet of yeoman. The correct English form is youngman, spelled Y-O-U-N-G-M-A-N.
Definition
- 1Obsolete form of young man.
- 2A younger lover or sexual partner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how youngman appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
There's a youngman staring at him. And now a man cruising which one? Johnny. In a hollow bowl created by the drooping branches of the trees, the man goes down on Johnny. Thirty-two! Johnny counts, waiting anxiously for the youngman also to touch his cock so he can count 33 in rapid succession.
1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure I want him to love me, accept me—all of me. Let me be his youngman.
Etymology
From young + man. Possible doublet 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.
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