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undercard

noun

undercard is spelled U-N-D-E-R-C-A-R-D: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,949th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, undercard means “A list of minor or supporting contests printed on the same bill as the main event (primarily fighting or racing, such as the main fight at a boxing…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of undercard is undercards.

How many letters and syllables are in undercard?

Letters9: U-N-D-E-R-C-A-R-D
In writingabout once in every 3 million words; the 49,949th 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 undercard?

Undercard appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,949th 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 undercard?

  • 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-undercard.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of undercard

  • undercards plural

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

What does undercard mean?

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

noun

  1. 1

    A list of minor or supporting contests printed on the same bill as the main event (primarily fighting or racing, such as the main fight at a boxing match or wrestling, horse or car racing, etc.), occurring before or after the main event.

  2. 2

    The events so listed.

  3. 3

    A card lower than another given card or pair.

    The eight on the turn was another undercard to her pair of nines

  4. 4

    The supporting candidate on a ticket, such as vice president.

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

Where does undercard come from?

From under- + card.

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

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