Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

undercount

/ˈʌndɚkˌaʊnt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.59 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-count
IPA: /ˈʌndɚkˌaʊnt/

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To count to an insufficient degree; to count one thing disproportionately less than another

noun

An incorrect count that is too low.

Example Sentences

"But minority stations have claimed that they are undercounted in the new system, in part because Arbitron has struggled to include representative numbers of young and minority listeners in its sample."
"And that, Lady Darvish thought, was almost certainly an undercount."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- Latin computō Anglo-Norman counterbor. Middle English counten English count English undercount From under- + count.

Inflected Forms

undercounts (present, singular) undercounting (participle, present) undercounted (participle, past) undercounted (past) undercounts (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

overcount

Antonyms

overcount

Questions

How do you pronounce undercount?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈʌndɚkˌaʊnt/.
What does undercount mean?: To count to an insufficient degree; to count one thing disproportionately less than another
Where does undercount come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- Latin computō Anglo-Norman counterbor. Middle English counten English count English undercount From under- + count.

How to pronounce undercount

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “undercount”.
Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/ˈʌndɚkˌaʊnt/) so you know which sounds to aim for.
Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “undercount”.
Repeat and practice — Say “undercount” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.