snowman
/ˈsnoʊ.mæn/noun
snowman is spelled S-N-O-W-M-A-N: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,536th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, snowman means “A humanoid figure made with large snowballs stacked on each other. Human traits like a face and arms may be fashioned with sticks (arms), a carrot…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of snowman is snowmen.
How many letters and syllables are in snowman?
| Letters | 7: S-N-O-W-M-A-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.4 times per million words; the 23,536th 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 snowman?
Snowman appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,536th 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 snowman?
- UK /ˈsnəʊ.mæn/
- US /ˈsnoʊ.mæn/
Snowman 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: En-us-snowman.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-snowman.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of snowman
- snowmen plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does snowman mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A humanoid figure made with large snowballs stacked on each other. Human traits like a face and arms may be fashioned with sticks (arms), a carrot (nose), and stones or coal (eyes, mouth).
- 2
A score of eight, especially within one inning (in baseball) or on one hole (in golf, where it is also known as dogballs).
- 3
slangA playing card with the rank of eight.
- 4
rareAn attractive but heartless man.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Snowman in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense figure made of snow:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | bonhomme de neige |
| German | Schneemann |
| Portuguese | boneco de neve |
| Spanish | muñeco de nieve, hombre nival, monigote níveo |
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.