yardman
/ˈjɑɹdmən/noun
yardman is spelled Y-A-R-D-M-A-N: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 49 million words in written English, the 217,360th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, yardman means “A worker in a railyard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of yardman is yardmen.
How many letters and syllables are in yardman?
| Letters | 7: Y-A-R-D-M-A-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 49 million words; the 217,360th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 yardman?
Yardman appears about once in every 49 million words in written English, the 217,360th 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 yardman?
- /ˈjɑɹdmən/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-yardman.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with yardman?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as yardman.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: drayman.
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 yardman
- yardmen plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does yardman mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A worker in a railyard.
- 2
UKA farm worker assigned to the farmyard of a large farm, working at hostler duties (harnessing and hitching teams), loading and unloading wagons, feeding, and so on.
- 3
CanadaUSA laborer hired to do outdoor work.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does yardman come from?
From yard + -man.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).