postmaster
/ˈpoʊstˌmæstɚ/noun
postmaster is spelled P-O-S-T-M-A-S-T-E-R: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 24,170th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, postmaster means “The head of a post office” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of postmaster is postmasters.
How many letters and syllables are in postmaster?
| Letters | 10: P-O-S-T-M-A-S-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.4 times per million words; the 24,170th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is postmaster?
Postmaster appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 24,170th 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 postmaster?
- US /ˈpoʊstˌmæstɚ/
Postmaster has 3 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)-Flame,_not_lame-postmaster.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with postmaster?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as postmaster from its last stressed vowel (/oʊstmæstəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: masterpost.
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 postmaster
- postmasters plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does postmaster mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The head of a post office.
- 2
The administrator of an electronic mail system.
- 3
UKA kind of scholar at Merton College, Oxford; portionist.
- 4
archaicOne who has charge of a station for the accommodation of travellers; one who supplies post horses.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does postmaster come from?
From post + master.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).