milkman
/ˈmɪlkmən/noun
milkman is spelled M-I-L-K-M-A-N: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 51,129th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, milkman means “A man who delivers milk to households and sometimes businesses early in the morning” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of milkman is milkmen.
How many letters and syllables are in milkman?
| Letters | 7: M-I-L-K-M-A-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 51,129th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is milkman?
Milkman appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 51,129th 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 milkman?
- /ˈmɪlkmən/
Milkman 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-milkman.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of milkman
- milkmen plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does milkman mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A man who delivers milk to households and sometimes businesses early in the morning.
- 2
USslangA black man who prefers dating white women.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Milkman in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense man who delivers milk early in the morning:
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 milkman come from?
From milk + -man.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).