clipboard
"clipboard" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“clipboard” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #33,182 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #33,182
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A flat piece of rigid material, such as card or plastic, with a clip at one end under which papers can be held.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | clipboard |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #33,182 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “clipboard” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for clipboard is 9 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #33,182 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for clipboard, with forms such as "cclipboard", "cilpboard", and "clibpoard". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "cupboard", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From clip + board. The correct English form is clipboard, spelled C-L-I-P-B-O-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1A flat piece of rigid material, such as card or plastic, with a clip at one end under which papers can be held.
- 2A buffer in memory where the user can store data temporarily while transferring it from one place within an application to another or between applications.
Etymology
From clip + board.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cclipboard,cilpboard,clibpoard,clipbaord,clipbboard,clipboadr,clipboardd,clipboarrd,clipborad,clipobard,clippboard,cllipboard,clpiboard,lcipboard
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of clipboard - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “clipboard”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-L-I-P-B-O-A-R-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “cupboard” - see the side-by-side comparison. clipboard vs cupboard
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.