budget

/ˈbʌd͡ʒ.ɪt/noun, adjective, verb

budget is spelled B-U-D-G-E-T: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 66 times per million words in written English, the 1,602nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, budget means “The amount of money or resources earmarked for a particular institution, activity or timeframe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of budget is budgets.

How many letters and syllables are in budget?

Letters	6: B-U-D-G-E-T
Syllables	2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing	66 times per million words; the 1,602nd 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 budget?

Budget appears 66 times per million words in written English, the 1,602nd most frequent word form in the list.

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Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce budget?

UK /ˈbʌd͡ʒ.ɪt/
US /ˈbʌd͡ʒ.ɪt/
US /ˈbʌd͡ʒ.ət/

Budget 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: En-us-budget.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of budget

budgets plural, present, singular, he/she/it
budgeting participle, present
budgeted participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does budget mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

1
The amount of money or resources earmarked for a particular institution, activity or timeframe.
limited budget
2
A relatively small amount of available money.
We're on a budget, so we can't afford to eat at that restaurant.
3
An itemized summary of intended expenditure; usually coupled with expected revenue.
4
obsoleteA wallet, purse or bag.
5
obsoleteA compact collection of things.
6
obsoleteA socket in which the end of a cavalry carbine rests.

adjective

1
Appropriate to a restricted budget.
We flew on a budget airline.

verb

1
To construct or draw up a budget.
Budgeting is even harder in times of recession
2
To provide funds, allow for in a budget.
The PM’s pet projects are budgeted rather generously
3
To plan for the use of in a budget.
The prestigious building project is budgeted in great detail, from wharf facilities to the protocolary opening.