undercook
/ʌndɚ.kʊk/verb, noun
undercook is spelled U-N-D-E-R-C-O-O-K: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 40 million words in written English, the 194,306th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, undercook means “To cook insufficiently” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in undercook?
| Letters | 9: U-N-D-E-R-C-O-O-K |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 40 million words; the 194,306th 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 undercook?
Undercook appears about once in every 40 million words in written English, the 194,306th 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 undercook?
- US /ʌndɚ.kʊk/
Undercook has 3 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-undercook.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of undercook
- undercooks present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- undercooking participle, present
- undercooked participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does undercook mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To cook insufficiently.
- 2
To underdo.
noun
- 1
A subordinate cook.
Near-synonyms: sous-chef, subchef, underchef, chef de partie, station chef, line cook (all sometimes synonymous)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Undercook in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense cook insufficiently:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | cocinar insuficientemente |
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 undercook come from?
From under- + cook.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).