subcommittee
/ˈsʌb.kəˌmɪti/noun
subcommittee is spelled S-U-B-C-O-M-M-I-T-T-E-E: 12 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 2.9 times per million words in written English, the 15,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, subcommittee means “A committee formed by an existing committee, comprising a subset of its members” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of subcommittee is subcommittees.
How many letters and syllables are in subcommittee?
| Letters | 12: S-U-B-C-O-M-M-I-T-T-E-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.9 times per million words; the 15,798th 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 subcommittee?
Subcommittee appears 2.9 times per million words in written English, the 15,798th 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 subcommittee?
- /ˈsʌb.kəˌmɪti/
Subcommittee has 4 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Sapaa-subcommittee.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of subcommittee
- subcommittees plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does subcommittee mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A committee formed by an existing committee, comprising a subset of its members.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate subcommittee?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of subcommittee: Subcomm..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Subcommittee in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense committee within a committee:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | sous-comité |
| German | Unterausschuss |
| Spanish | subcomité |
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 subcommittee come from?
From sub- + committee.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).