uber
/ˈuːbəɹ/adjective, adverb, verb
uber is spelled U-B-E-R: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 9.1 times per million words in written English, the 7,553rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, uber means “Super; high-level; high-ranking” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in uber?
| Letters | 4: U-B-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 9.1 times per million words; the 7,553rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is uber?
Uber appears 9.1 times per million words in written English, the 7,553rd 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 uber?
- UK /ˈuːbə/
- UK /ˈyːbə/
- US /ˈuːbəɹ/
Uber 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)-Flame,_not_lame-Uber.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with uber
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with uber?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as uber from its last stressed vowel (/ubəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: rube, ebru.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of uber
- über-
- ueber-
- ubers present, singular, he/she/it
- ubering participle, present
- ubered participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does uber mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Super; high-level; high-ranking.
adverb
- 1
Very; super.
adjective
- 1
Alternative form of uber.
adverb
- 1
Alternative form of uber.
noun
- 1
A car ride requested using the mobile application Uber.
- 2
The vehicle used for the ride.
- 3
One's passenger or driver on Uber.
verb
- 1
To travel by means of a mobile app-based ridesharing service, particularly but not necessarily Uber.
Should we take the train or should we just Uber?
- 2
To work or be employed as a driver for Uber.
verb
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of Uber
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Uber in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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 uber come from?
From German über (“above”, preposition), which is also used as a prefix (über-); cognate with over. Entered English through Nietzsche's use of the word Übermensch. Doublet of over, super, and hyper.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).