surtax
/ˈsɝː.tæks/noun, verb
surtax is spelled S-U-R-T-A-X: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 110,368th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, surtax means “An additional or extra tax” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of surtax is surtaxes.
How many letters and syllables are in surtax?
| Letters | 6: S-U-R-T-A-X |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 110,368th 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 surtax?
Surtax appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 110,368th 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 surtax?
- US /ˈsɝː.tæks/
Surtax 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Yangolin-surtax.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of surtax
- surtaxes plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- surtaxing participle, present
- surtaxed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does surtax mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An additional or extra tax.
verb
- 1
To impose a surtax upon.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does surtax come from?
From French surtaxe.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).