bowman
/ˈboʊmən/noun
bowman is spelled B-O-W-M-A-N: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.9 times per million words in written English, the 15,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bowman means “A man who uses a bow; an archer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bowman is bowmen.
How many letters and syllables are in bowman?
| Letters | 6: B-O-W-M-A-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.9 times per million words; the 15,798th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is bowman?
Bowman appears 2.9 times per million words in written English, the 15,798th 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 bowman?
- UK /ˈbəʊmən/
- US /ˈboʊmən/
As a noun (“The person, in a team or among oarsmen, positioned nearest…”): /ˈbaʊmən/.
Bowman 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)-Vealhurl-bowman_(ou).wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-bowman_(au).wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with bowman?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as bowman from its last stressed vowel (/oʊmən/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of bowman
- bowmen plural
- bowsman
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bowman mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A man who uses a bow; an archer.
- 2
The person, in a team or among oarsmen, positioned nearest the bow.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Bowman in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the person positioned nearest the bow:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | proeiro |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does bowman come from?
From Middle English boweman, bouman, boughman, equivalent to bow + -man.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).