sportsman
noun
sportsman is spelled S-P-O-R-T-S-M-A-N: 9 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, sportsman means “A man who engages in sports; an athlete” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sportsman is sportsmen.
How many letters and syllables are in sportsman?
| Letters | 9: S-P-O-R-T-S-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 sportsman?
Sportsman 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 sportsman?
Sportsman 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-sportsman.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of sportsman
- sportsmen plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sportsman mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
UKA man who engages in sports; an athlete.
In both cases the female sportsmen were Nordic skiers.
- 2
datedA man who engages in country sports, such as hunting or fishing.
- 3
A man who exhibits good sportsmanship, or who exhibits sportsmanship as specified (good or bad).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sportsman in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense (male) athlete:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | sportif, athlète |
| German | Sportler, Athlet |
| Portuguese | esportivo, esportista |
| Spanish | deportista |
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.