woodman
/ˈwʊdmən/noun
woodman is spelled W-O-O-D-M-A-N: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 38,863rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, woodman means “Someone who cuts down trees or cuts up, splits, and sells wood” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of woodman is woodmen.
How many letters and syllables are in woodman?
| Letters | 7: W-O-O-D-M-A-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 38,863rd 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 woodman?
Woodman appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 38,863rd 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 woodman?
- /ˈwʊdmən/
Woodman 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)-Flame,_not_lame-woodman.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of woodman
- woodmen plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does woodman mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Someone who cuts down trees or cuts up, splits, and sells wood.
- 2
Someone who lives in the wood and manages it; (by extension) someone who spends time in the woods and has a strong familiarity with that environment.
- 3
Someone who makes things from wood.
- 4
obsoleteSomeone who hunts animals in a wood, hunter, huntsman.
- 5
obsoleteSomeone who lives in the woods and is considered to be uncivilized or barbaric, a savage.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Woodman in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense someone who cuts down trees or cuts and sells wood:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | bûcheron |
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 woodman come from?
From Middle English woodeman, wodeman, from Old English wudemann, wudumann (“woodman”), equivalent to wood + -man.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).