womanhood
wom·an·hood/ˈwʊmənhʊd/noun
womanhood is spelled W-O-M-A-N-H-O-O-D: 9 letters and 3 syllables (wom·an·hood). It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,636th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, womanhood means “The state or condition of being a woman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of womanhood is womanhoods.
How many letters and syllables are in womanhood?
| Letters | 9: W-O-M-A-N-H-O-O-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: wom·an·hood |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 33,636th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is womanhood?
Womanhood appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,636th 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 womanhood?
- /ˈwʊmənhʊd/
Womanhood has 3 syllables, split wom·an·hood in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-womanhood.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of womanhood
- womanhoods plural
- womonhood
- womynhood
- wommonhood
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does womanhood mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state or condition of being a woman.
She was a vigorous youth poised on the brink of womanhood.
- 2
All of the women of a given place, area, or subgroup regarded collectively.
- 3
The idealized nature of a woman: all of the characteristics traditionally and ideally ascribed to womanliness regarded collectively.
- 4
The self-concept of a woman with respect to her possession of the various qualities traditionally and ideally ascribed to womanliness; a woman's sense or view of herself as being more or less womanly.
- 5
The female genitalia, especially the vulva.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Womanhood in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | féminité |
| German | Weiblichkeit, Fraulichkeit, Frausein , alle Frauen, Frauen |
| Spanish | feminidad |
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 womanhood come from?
From Middle English womanhoode, wommanhod, whomanhode, variants of wommanhede. By surface analysis, woman + -hood.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).