tinman
/ˈtɪn.mæn/noun
tinman is spelled T-I-N-M-A-N: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 143,405th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tinman means “A maker of tinware; a tinsmith” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tinman is tinmen.
How many letters and syllables are in tinman?
| Letters | 6: T-I-N-M-A-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 22 million words; the 143,405th 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 tinman?
Tinman appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 143,405th 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 tinman?
- US /ˈtɪn.mæn/
Tinman 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-tinman.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of tinman
- tinmen plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tinman mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A maker of tinware; a tinsmith.
- 2
A dealer in tinware.
- 3
An uncaring or heartless man; a man lacking, or seeming to lack, feelings, emotions, or concern for others.
- 4
A master gene in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, whose absence causes the fly to develop without a heart.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does tinman come from?
From tin + -man.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).