lumbersexual
lum·ber·sex·ual/ˌlʌm.bɚˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/noun
lumbersexual is spelled L-U-M-B-E-R-S-E-X-U-A-L: 12 letters and 4 syllables (lum·ber·sex·ual). It appears about once in every 85 million words in written English, the 293,966th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, lumbersexual means “An urban man who affects a rugged, outdoorsy look, typified by plaid shirts and a full beard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of lumbersexual is lumbersexuals.
How many letters and syllables are in lumbersexual?
| Letters | 12: L-U-M-B-E-R-S-E-X-U-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: lum·ber·sex·ual |
| In writing | about once in every 85 million words; the 293,966th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 lumbersexual?
Lumbersexual appears about once in every 85 million words in written English, the 293,966th 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 lumbersexual?
- UK /ˌlʌm.bəˈsɛk.ʃuː.əl/
- US /ˌlʌm.bɚˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/
Lumbersexual has 4 syllables, split lum·ber·sex·ual in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-lumbersexual.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with lumbersexual?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as lumbersexual from its last stressed vowel (/ɛkʃuəl/):
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 lumbersexual
- lumbersexuals plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does lumbersexual mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
slangAn urban man who affects a rugged, outdoorsy look, typified by plaid shirts and a full beard.
Trend-hunters announced last year that we had reached “peak beard”, saturation point with the sort of facial hair that has become the calling card of the urban hipster or “lumbersexual”.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does lumbersexual come from?
From lumber(jack) + -sexual, modelled after metrosexual.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).