clapped
/klæpt/adjective, verb
clapped is spelled C-L-A-P-P-E-D: 7 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,070th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, clapped means “Extremely ugly; physically unattractive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in clapped?
| Letters | 7: C-L-A-P-P-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 25,070th 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 clapped?
Clapped appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,070th 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 clapped?
- /klæpt/
Clapped has one syllable (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-clapped.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of clapped
- more clapped comparative
- most clapped superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does clapped mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
slangExtremely ugly; physically unattractive.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of clap
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).