lineman
noun
lineman is spelled L-I-N-E-M-A-N: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, lineman means “A person who installs and repairs overhead cables (either power or telephone); a linesman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of lineman is linemen.
How many letters and syllables are in lineman?
| Letters | 7: L-I-N-E-M-A-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.7 times per million words; the 21,798th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 lineman?
Lineman appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,798th 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 lineman?
Lineman has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-lineman.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with lineman?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as lineman.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: melanin.
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 lineman
- linemen plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does lineman mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who installs and repairs overhead cables (either power or telephone); a linesman.
- 2
A player who specializes in play at the line of scrimmage.
- 3
Someone who repairs railway tracks.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Lineman in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | técnico de líneas eléctricas , liniero |
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 lineman come from?
From line + -man.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).