flatmate
/ˈflætmeɪt/noun
flatmate is spelled F-L-A-T-M-A-T-E: 8 letters. 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, flatmate means “A person with whom one shares a flat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of flatmate is flatmates.
How many letters and syllables are in flatmate?
| Letters | 8: F-L-A-T-M-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| 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 flatmate?
Flatmate 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 flatmate?
- /ˈflætmeɪt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-flatmate.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of flatmate
- flatmates plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does flatmate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person with whom one shares a flat.
- 2
IrelandUKA person with whom one shares any rental dwelling, not necessarily a flat.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Flatmate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a person with whom one shares a flat:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | colocataire, coloc |
| German | Mitbewohner, Mitbewohnerin |
| Portuguese | companheiro de quarto, coabitante |
| Spanish | compañero de piso |
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 flatmate come from?
From flat + -mate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).