underboss
noun
underboss is spelled U-N-D-E-R-B-O-S-S: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 107,757th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, underboss means “An assistant to the boss of a crime family” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of underboss is underbosses.
How many letters and syllables are in underboss?
| Letters | 9: U-N-D-E-R-B-O-S-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 107,757th 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 underboss?
Underboss appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 107,757th 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 underboss?
- 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-underboss.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of underboss
- underbosses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does underboss mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An assistant to the boss of a crime family
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does underboss come from?
From under- + boss, calque from Italian sotto capo.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).