businesswoman
noun
businesswoman is spelled B-U-S-I-N-E-S-S-W-O-M-A-N: 13 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,789th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, businesswoman means “A woman involved in business” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of businesswoman is businesswomen.
How many letters and syllables are in businesswoman?
| Letters | 13: B-U-S-I-N-E-S-S-W-O-M-A-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 30,789th 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 businesswoman?
Businesswoman appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,789th 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 businesswoman?
- US
Businesswoman has 4 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: En-us-businesswoman.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of businesswoman
- businesswomen plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does businesswoman mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A woman involved in business.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Businesswoman in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense woman of business:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | femme d'affaires, businesswoman |
| German | Geschäftsfrau, Unternehmerin |
| Portuguese | mulher de negócios |
| Spanish | mujer de negocios, negocianta |
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.