playboy
play·boy/ˈpleɪˌbɔɪ/noun
playboy is spelled P-L-A-Y-B-O-Y: 7 letters and 2 syllables (play·boy). It appears 3.6 times per million words in written English, the 13,695th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, playboy means “A single man, especially a wealthy one, who devotes himself to a life of leisure and pleasure, often sexual, without commitments or responsibilities” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of playboy is playboys.
How many letters and syllables are in playboy?
| Letters | 7: P-L-A-Y-B-O-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: play·boy |
| In writing | 3.6 times per million words; the 13,695th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is playboy?
Playboy appears 3.6 times per million words in written English, the 13,695th 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 playboy?
- UK /ˈpleɪbɔɪ/
- US /ˈpleɪˌbɔɪ/
Playboy has 2 syllables, split play·boy in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-playboy.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of playboy
- playboys plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does playboy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A single man, especially a wealthy one, who devotes himself to a life of leisure and pleasure, often sexual, without commitments or responsibilities.
noun
- 1
A Playboy magazine.
adjective
- 1
Pertaining to a hedonistic philosophy and idealized women with exaggerated sexual characteristics.
There is more history of New York City in a Playboy centerfold than in the entire Encyclopedia of New York or any other academic study of the place.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Playboy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense man who devotes himself to pleasure:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | playboy, play-boy |
| German | Playboy, Lebemann, Salonlöwe |
| Portuguese | playboy |
| Spanish | golfo, mujeriego |
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 playboy come from?
From play + boy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).