underpants
/ˈʌndə(ɹ)ˌpænts/noun
underpants is spelled U-N-D-E-R-P-A-N-T-S: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,974th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, underpants means “Underwear covering the genitalia and often buttocks, usually going no higher than the navel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in underpants?
| Letters | 10: U-N-D-E-R-P-A-N-T-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 31,974th 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 underpants?
Underpants appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,974th 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 underpants?
- /ˈʌndə(ɹ)ˌpænts/
Underpants 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)-Vealhurl-underpants.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of underpants
- underpant
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does underpants mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Underwear covering the genitalia and often buttocks, usually going no higher than the navel.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Underpants in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense type of underwear:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | caleçon, calcif, bobettes |
| German | Unterhose, Schlüpfer, Höschen |
| Portuguese | cuecas |
| Spanish | calzoncillos, anatómicos, fundillos, gayumbos, interiores, pantaloncillos |
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.