copybook
noun
copybook is spelled C-O-P-Y-B-O-O-K: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, copybook means “A student's exercise book containing samples of good handwriting to be copied” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of copybook is copybooks.
How many letters and syllables are in copybook?
| Letters | 8: C-O-P-Y-B-O-O-K |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 125,655th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is copybook?
Copybook appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th 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 copybook?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-copybook.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of copybook
- copybooks plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does copybook mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A student's exercise book containing samples of good handwriting to be copied.
- 2
QuebecUKA notebook containing blank, often lined, pages for writing answers.
- 3
A series of instructions or data definitions copied into multiple programs from a shared library; boilerplate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does copybook come from?
From copy + book.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).