coachman
coach·man/ˈkoʊt͡ʃmən/noun
coachman is spelled C-O-A-C-H-M-A-N: 8 letters and 2 syllables (coach·man). It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 50,539th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, coachman means “A man who drives a horse-drawn coach: a male coach driver” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of coachman is coachmen.
How many letters and syllables are in coachman?
| Letters | 8: C-O-A-C-H-M-A-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: coach·man |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 50,539th 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 coachman?
Coachman appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 50,539th 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 coachman?
- US /ˈkoʊt͡ʃmən/
- UK /ˈkəʊt͡ʃmən/
Coachman has 2 syllables, split coach·man in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-coachman.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of coachman
- coachmen plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does coachman mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A man who drives a horse-drawn coach: a male coach driver.
Near-synonym: coachwoman
- 2
A fish in the genus Heniochus, especially Heniochus acuminatus or Heniochus diphreutes.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).