Team-mate or teammate?
team-mate is a noun meaning “Alternative spelling of teammate”; teammate is a noun meaning “One who is on the same team”. Wiktionary gives them as spellings of the same word. team-mate is written with a hyphen and teammate as one word; they are used differently.
What is the difference between team-mate and teammate?
| team-mate | teammate | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun | noun |
| Meaning | Alternative spelling of teammate | One who is on the same team |
| Example | none recorded | Pass the ball to your teammate |
| Forms | team-mates | teammates |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | /ˈtiːmˌmeɪt/ |
| In writing | not counted (the list counts single words) | 6.9 times per million words |
Sources: team-mate and teammate in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of team-mate and teammate
team-mate
- 1
Alternative spelling of teammate
teammate
- 1
One who is on the same team
Pass the ball to your teammate
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, team-mate or teammate?
team-mate is a phrase, which the list of single words does not count; teammate 6.9 times per million words.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).