counterfoil
noun
counterfoil is spelled C-O-U-N-T-E-R-F-O-I-L: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 98 million words in written English, the 317,168th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, counterfoil means “the part of a cheque that is retained in the chequebook as a record; a stub” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of counterfoil is counterfoils.
How many letters and syllables are in counterfoil?
| Letters | 11: C-O-U-N-T-E-R-F-O-I-L |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 98 million words; the 317,168th 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 counterfoil?
Counterfoil appears about once in every 98 million words in written English, the 317,168th 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 counterfoil?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-counterfoil.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of counterfoil
- counterfoils plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does counterfoil mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
the part of a cheque that is retained in the chequebook as a record; a stub
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does counterfoil come from?
From counter- + foil.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).