walkman
noun
walkman is spelled W-A-L-K-M-A-N: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,947th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, walkman means “A portable personal audio cassette player with headphones” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of walkman is walkmans or walkmen.
How many letters and syllables are in walkman?
| Letters | 7: W-A-L-K-M-A-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 45,947th 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 walkman?
Walkman appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,947th 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 walkman?
Walkman 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-walkman.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of walkman
- walkmans plural
- walkmen plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does walkman mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A portable personal audio cassette player with headphones.
- 2
informalPigs' ears, chopped, shaved, marinated, skewered, then grilled, sold as street food.
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of walkman.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Walkman in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense personal cassette player:
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 walkman come from?
(cassette player): Genericized trademark from the Sony trademark Walkman.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).