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suppertime

noun

suppertime is spelled S-U-P-P-E-R-T-I-M-E: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 152,206th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, suppertime means “The time when supper takes place” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of suppertime is suppertimes.

How many letters and syllables are in suppertime?

Letters10: S-U-P-P-E-R-T-I-M-E
In writingabout once in every 25 million words; the 152,206th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 suppertime?

Suppertime appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 152,206th 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 suppertime?

  • US

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-suppertime.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of suppertime

  • suppertimes plural
  • supper time
  • supper-time

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

What does suppertime mean?

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

noun

  1. 1

    The time when supper takes place.

  2. 2

    The time when supper is ready.

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

Where does suppertime come from?

From supper + time.

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

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