horseman
horse·man/ˈhɔɹsmən/noun
horseman is spelled H-O-R-S-E-M-A-N: 8 letters and 2 syllables (horse·man). It appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 26,420th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, horseman means “A man who rides a horse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of horseman is horsemen.
How many letters and syllables are in horseman?
| Letters | 8: H-O-R-S-E-M-A-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: horse·man |
| In writing | 1.2 times per million words; the 26,420th 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 horseman?
Horseman appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 26,420th 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 horseman?
- US /ˈhɔɹsmən/
- UK /ˈhɔːsmən/
- British /ˈhoːsmən/
Horseman has 2 syllables, split horse·man in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vininn126-horseman.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with horseman?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as horseman (/ɔɹsmən/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: rhamnose.
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 horseman
- horsemen plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does horseman mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A man who rides a horse.
- 2
A soldier on horseback, especially a cavalryman.
- 3
A man skilled in horsemanship, especially an equestrian.
- 4
UKarchaicA man in charge of work horses; a teamster.
- 5
UKarchaicA man in charge of transport horses; a hostler (ostler).
- 6
archaicAny of the swift-running land crabs of the genus Ocypode.
- 7
archaicAny fish of the genus Equetus.
- 8
A fictional beast that is part horse and part man.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Horseman in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense man who rides a horse:
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 horseman come from?
From Middle English horsman, equivalent to horse + man.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).