clipped
/klɪpt/adjective, verb
clipped is spelled C-L-I-P-P-E-D: 7 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 19,825th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, clipped means “Having an end cut off; trimmed or cut back” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in clipped?
| Letters | 7: C-L-I-P-P-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.9 times per million words; the 19,825th 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 clipped?
Clipped appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 19,825th 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 clipped?
- /klɪpt/
Clipped 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: En-us-clipped.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of clipped
- clipt
- clypt
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does clipped mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having an end cut off; trimmed or cut back.
- 2
With each word pronounced separately and distinctly.
- 3
Circumcised.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of clip
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).