postman
post·man/ˈpəʊs(t)mən/noun
postman is spelled P-O-S-T-M-A-N: 7 letters and 2 syllables (post·man). It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,367th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, postman means “Someone who delivers the post (mail) to, and/or collects the post from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of postman is postmen.
How many letters and syllables are in postman?
| Letters | 7: P-O-S-T-M-A-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: post·man |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 25,367th 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 postman?
Postman appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,367th 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 postman?
- UK /ˈpəʊs(t)mən/
Postman has 2 syllables, split post·man in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-postman.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of postman
- postmen plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does postman mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
CommonwealthIrelandUKSomeone who delivers the post (mail) to, and/or collects the post from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes.
The total of their members amounts to 342,723 for 1875. Among these number … 6,968 male and sixty-three female postmen, imperial railway, telegraph, and post officials, railway workmen, dependent boatmen, waiters, &c.; …
- 2
One of the two most experienced barristers in the Court of Exchequer, who have precedence in motions, so called from the place where he sat, the other of the two being the tubman.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does postman come from?
From post + -man.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).