underdress
verb, noun
underdress is spelled U-N-D-E-R-D-R-E-S-S: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 95 million words in written English, the 313,259th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, underdress means “To dress in insufficiently warm clothes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in underdress?
| Letters | 10: U-N-D-E-R-D-R-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 95 million words; the 313,259th 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 underdress?
Underdress appears about once in every 95 million words in written English, the 313,259th 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 underdress?
- 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-underdress.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of underdress
- underdresses present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- underdressing participle, present
- underdressed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does underdress mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To dress in insufficiently warm clothes.
- 2
To dress in insufficiently formal clothes.
noun
- 1
Any dress (feminine-style garment) worn under another, especially under an overdress.
- 2
Any garment (any clothing) that is worn under another but is not underwear.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does underdress come from?
From under- + dress.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).