underpayment
noun
underpayment is spelled U-N-D-E-R-P-A-Y-M-E-N-T: 12 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 94,827th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, underpayment means “An insufficient payment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of underpayment is underpayments.
How many letters and syllables are in underpayment?
| Letters | 12: U-N-D-E-R-P-A-Y-M-E-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 10 million words; the 94,827th 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 underpayment?
Underpayment appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 94,827th 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 underpayment?
- US
Underpayment has 4 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-underpayment.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of underpayment
- underpayments plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does underpayment mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An insufficient payment
- 2
The act of making such a payment
- 3
The amount by which a payment is insufficient
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does underpayment come from?
From under- + payment.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).