batboy
noun
batboy is spelled B-A-T-B-O-Y: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 150,355th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, batboy means “A boy employed to watch over the bats, and assist the players in retrieving them during play” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of batboy is batboys.
How many letters and syllables are in batboy?
| Letters | 6: B-A-T-B-O-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 25 million words; the 150,355th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is batboy?
Batboy appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 150,355th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce batboy?
- US
Batboy has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-batboy.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of batboy
- batboys plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does batboy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A boy employed to watch over the bats, and assist the players in retrieving them during play.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does batboy come from?
From bat + boy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).