uptime
noun
uptime is spelled U-P-T-I-M-E: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,943rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, uptime means “The period of time a computer has functioned since last requiring a reboot” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of uptime is uptimes.
How many letters and syllables are in uptime?
| Letters | 6: U-P-T-I-M-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 37,943rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is uptime?
Uptime appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,943rd 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).
What rhymes with uptime?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as uptime.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: impute.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of uptime
- uptimes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does uptime mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The period of time a computer has functioned since last requiring a reboot.
- 2
The amount of time, or the proportion of total time, during which some system or machinery is operable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does uptime come from?
From up (“(computing) functional, working”, adjective) + time.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).