young'un
/ˈjʌŋən/noun
young'un is spelled Y-O-U-N-G-U-N: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 45 million words in written English, the 206,808th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, young'un means “Child” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of young'un is young'uns.
How many letters and syllables are in young'un?
| Letters | 7: Y-O-U-N-G-U-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 45 million words; the 206,808th 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 young'un?
Young'un appears about once in every 45 million words in written English, the 206,808th 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 young'un?
- /ˈjʌŋən/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-young'un.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of young'un
- young'uns plural
- youngen
- youngin
- youngon
- youngun
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does young'un mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
UKinformalChild.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does young'un come from?
Univerbation of young + 'un.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).