foreman
fore·man/ˈfɔː(ɹ).mən/noun
foreman is spelled F-O-R-E-M-A-N: 7 letters and 2 syllables (fore·man). It appears 3.8 times per million words in written English, the 13,321st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, foreman means “The leader of a work crew” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of foreman is foremen.
How many letters and syllables are in foreman?
| Letters | 7: F-O-R-E-M-A-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: fore·man |
| In writing | 3.8 times per million words; the 13,321st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is foreman?
Foreman appears 3.8 times per million words in written English, the 13,321st 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 foreman?
- /ˈfɔː(ɹ).mən/
Foreman has 2 syllables, split fore·man in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-foreman.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with foreman?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as foreman.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: foramen.
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 foreman
- foremen plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does foreman mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The leader of a work crew.
- 2
The boss or manager of a particular workplace or section of a workplace, particularly a factory.
factory foreman
- 3
The member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf.
- 4
USA slave assistant to the white overseer who managed field hands.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Foreman in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | chef, chef d'équipe, contremaître |
| German | Vorarbeiter, Polier , Sprecher der Geschworenen, Sprecherin der Geschworenen |
| Portuguese | capataz |
| Spanish | capataz, sobrestante, obrajero , presidente del jurado, presidenta del jurado |
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 foreman come from?
From Middle English foremon, forman. Compare West Frisian foarman, Dutch voorman, German Vormann, Danish formand, Swedish förman, Icelandic formaður. By surface analysis, fore- + man.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).