workman
work·man/ˈwɝkmən/noun
workman is spelled W-O-R-K-M-A-N: 7 letters and 2 syllables (work·man). It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,418th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, workman means “A man who labours for wages” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of workman is workmen.
How many letters and syllables are in workman?
| Letters | 7: W-O-R-K-M-A-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: work·man |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 30,418th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is workman?
Workman appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,418th 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 workman?
- US /ˈwɝkmən/
- UK /ˈwɜːkmən/
Workman has 2 syllables, split work·man in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vininn126-workman.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with workman?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as workman from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹkmən/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of workman
- workmen plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does workman mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A man who labours for wages.
- 2
An artisan or craftsman.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Workman in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a man who labours for wages:
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 workman come from?
From Middle English werkman, from Old English weorcmann (“workman”), from Proto-West Germanic *werkamann, from Proto-Germanic *werkamann- (“workman”), equivalent to work + -man. Compare Dutch werkman (“workman”), German Werkmann (“labourer, workman”), Icelandic verkamaður (“workman”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).