batsman
/ˈbætsmən/noun
batsman is spelled B-A-T-S-M-A-N: 7 letters. It appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,122nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, batsman means “A player of the batting side now on the field” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of batsman is batsmen.
How many letters and syllables are in batsman?
| Letters | 7: B-A-T-S-M-A-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | 2.5 times per million words; the 17,122nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is batsman?
Batsman appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,122nd 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 batsman?
- /ˈbætsmən/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-batsman.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of batsman
- batsmen plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does batsman mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A player of the batting side now on the field.
- 2
The player now receiving strike; the striker.
- 3
Any player selected for his or her team principally to bat, as opposed to a bowler.
- 4
archaicA hitter.
- 5
An officer who used a pair of hand-held bats to signal to aircraft as they came in to land on the flight deck.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does batsman come from?
From bat + -s- + -man.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).