salaryman
/ˈsæl.əɹ.i.mæn/noun
salaryman is spelled S-A-L-A-R-Y-M-A-N: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 119,826th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, salaryman means “An employee, a worker; now especially a Japanese white-collar worker who works long hours yet has an insignificant position within the corporate…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of salaryman is salarymen.
How many letters and syllables are in salaryman?
| Letters | 9: S-A-L-A-R-Y-M-A-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 16 million words; the 119,826th 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 salaryman?
Salaryman appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 119,826th 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 salaryman?
- /ˈsæl.əɹ.i.mæn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of salaryman
- salarymen plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does salaryman mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An employee, a worker; now especially a Japanese white-collar worker who works long hours yet has an insignificant position within the corporate hierarchy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Salaryman in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a salaried worker in Japan or South Korea:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | salaryman |
| German | Salaryman |
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 salaryman come from?
Phono-semantic matching of Japanese サラリーマン (sararīman), itself a wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism) derived from salary + man.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).