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twentysomething

/ˈtwɛn.tiː.ˌsʌm.θɪŋ/noun, adjective, number

twentysomething is spelled T-W-E-N-T-Y-S-O-M-E-T-H-I-N-G: 15 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 115,751st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, twentysomething means “A person whose age is between twenty and twenty-nine years, inclusive; someone in their twenties” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of twentysomething is twentysomethings.

How many letters and syllables are in twentysomething?

Letters15: T-W-E-N-T-Y-S-O-M-E-T-H-I-N-G
Syllables4 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 15 million words; the 115,751st most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 twentysomething?

Twentysomething appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 115,751st 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 twentysomething?

  • /ˈtwɛn.tiː.ˌsʌm.θɪŋ/

Twentysomething has 4 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-twentysomething.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of twentysomething

  • twentysomethings plural
  • twenty-something
  • 20-something

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does twentysomething mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    informalA person whose age is between twenty and twenty-nine years, inclusive; someone in their twenties.

adjective

  1. 1

    Aged between twenty and thirty.

number

  1. 1

    Between twenty and thirty.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Twentysomething in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchvingtenaire (person aged between twenty and twenty-nine)
GermanTwen, jemand in den Zwanzigern, Zwanziger (person aged between twenty and twenty-nine)
Portuguesevicenário, vicenária (person aged between twenty and twenty-nine)
Spanishveinteañero, veinteañera (person aged between twenty and twenty-nine), veintitantos (between twenty and twenty-nine)

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 twentysomething come from?

From twenty + -something.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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