boyhood
/ˈbɔɪˌhʊd/noun
boyhood is spelled B-O-Y-H-O-O-D: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 25,751st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, boyhood means “The state or condition of being a boy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of boyhood is boyhoods.
How many letters and syllables are in boyhood?
| Letters | 7: B-O-Y-H-O-O-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.2 times per million words; the 25,751st 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 boyhood?
Boyhood appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 25,751st 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 boyhood?
- /ˈbɔɪˌhʊd/
Boyhood 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)-Vininn126-boyhood.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of boyhood
- boyhoods plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does boyhood mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state or condition of being a boy.
- 2
The childhood of a boy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Boyhood in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense The state or period of being a boy:
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 boyhood come from?
From boy + -hood.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).