Scotsman
/ˈskɑts.mən/noun
Scotsman is spelled S-C-O-T-S-M-A-N: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 26,420th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Scotsman means “A man from Scotland; a Scot” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Scotsman is Scotsmen.
How many letters and syllables are in Scotsman?
| Letters | 8: S-C-O-T-S-M-A-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.2 times per million words; the 26,420th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is Scotsman?
Scotsman appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 26,420th 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 Scotsman?
- US /ˈskɑts.mən/
Scotsman has 2 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)-Vealhurl-Scotsman.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of Scotsman
- Scotsmen plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Scotsman mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A man from Scotland; a Scot.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Scotsman in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a man from Scotland:
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 Scotsman come from?
Inherited from Middle English Scottisman. By surface analysis, Scots + -man.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).