quarryman
/ˈkwɔɹ.i.mən/noun
quarryman is spelled Q-U-A-R-R-Y-M-A-N: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 48 million words in written English, the 214,628th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, quarryman means “A man involved in quarrying (mining for stone)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of quarryman is quarrymen.
How many letters and syllables are in quarryman?
| Letters | 9: Q-U-A-R-R-Y-M-A-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 48 million words; the 214,628th 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 quarryman?
Quarryman appears about once in every 48 million words in written English, the 214,628th 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 quarryman?
- US /ˈkwɔɹ.i.mən/
Quarryman has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-quarryman.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of quarryman
- quarrymen plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does quarryman mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A man involved in quarrying (mining for stone).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does quarryman come from?
From quarry + -man.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).