spokesman
noun
spokesman is spelled S-P-O-K-E-S-M-A-N: 9 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 6.2 times per million words in written English, the 9,735th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, spokesman means “One who speaks as the voice of another person or a group of people” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of spokesman is spokesmen.
How many letters and syllables are in spokesman?
| Letters | 9: S-P-O-K-E-S-M-A-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 6.2 times per million words; the 9,735th 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 spokesman?
Spokesman appears 6.2 times per million words in written English, the 9,735th 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 spokesman?
Spokesman 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-spokesman.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of spokesman
- spokesmen plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does spokesman mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who speaks as the voice of another person or a group of people.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Spokesman in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense one who speaks as the voice of a group of people:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | porte-parole |
| German | Sprecher, Wortführer |
| Portuguese | porta-voz |
| Spanish | portavoz, vocero |
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 spokesman come from?
From spoke (“past participle of speak”) + -s- + man.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).