undershot
/ˈʌn.də(ɹ)ˌʃɒt/adjective, noun, verb
undershot is spelled U-N-D-E-R-S-H-O-T: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 134,976th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, undershot means “Powered by water flowing from below. (of a water wheel)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in undershot?
| Letters | 9: U-N-D-E-R-S-H-O-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 20 million words; the 134,976th 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 undershot?
Undershot appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 134,976th 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 undershot?
- UK /ˈʌn.də(ɹ)ˌʃɒt/
Undershot has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-undershot.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of undershot
- undershots plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does undershot mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Powered by water flowing from below. (of a water wheel)
- 2
Having the lower incisor teeth projecting beyond the upper ones, as in the bulldog.
noun
- 1
An undershot water wheel.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of undershoot
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).