mailman
mail·man/ˈmeɪl.mæn/noun
mailman is spelled M-A-I-L-M-A-N: 7 letters and 2 syllables (mail·man). It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,636th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mailman means “Someone who delivers mail to, and/or collects mail from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mailman is mailmen.
How many letters and syllables are in mailman?
| Letters | 7: M-A-I-L-M-A-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: mail·man |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 33,636th 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 mailman?
Mailman appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,636th 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 mailman?
- US /ˈmeɪl.mæn/
- US /ˈmeɪl.mən/
- /ˈmeɪl.mɛən/
Mailman has 2 syllables, split mail·man in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Sapaa-mailman.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with mailman?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as mailman (/eɪlmæn/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: manimal.
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 mailman
- mailmen plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mailman mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
CanadaUSSomeone who delivers mail to, and/or collects mail from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Mailman in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense post office employee:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | facteur, factrice |
| German | Briefträger, Postbote, Postzusteller |
| Portuguese | carteiro |
| Spanish | cartero, trotero (disused), repartidor postal, valija, estafetero, valijero |
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 mailman come from?
From mail + man.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).