legman
leg·man/ˈlɛɡˌmæn/noun
legman is spelled L-E-G-M-A-N: 6 letters and 2 syllables (leg·man). It appears about once in every 41 million words in written English, the 196,618th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, legman means “A person hired to carry out errands or (often) menial tasks, frequently requiring travel from place to place; an errand boy or errand girl, a runner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of legman is legmen.
How many letters and syllables are in legman?
| Letters | 6: L-E-G-M-A-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: leg·man |
| In writing | about once in every 41 million words; the 196,618th 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 legman?
Legman appears about once in every 41 million words in written English, the 196,618th 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 legman?
- UK /ˈlɛɡˌmæn/
- UK /-mən/
- US /ˈlɛɡˌmæn/
Legman has 2 syllables, split leg·man in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Mélange_a_trois-legman.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with legman?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as legman (/ɛɡmæn/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: mangle, mangel.
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 legman
- legmen plural
- leg man
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does legman mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person hired to carry out errands or (often) menial tasks, frequently requiring travel from place to place; an errand boy or errand girl, a runner.
- 2
A reporter who frequently travels to conduct research, interview witnesses, etc., and then conveys the information to a rewriteman who writes up the story.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Legman in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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 legman come from?
From leg + -man, modelled after legwork, in reference to the walking such a person does.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).