handbill
noun
handbill is spelled H-A-N-D-B-I-L-L: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 107,757th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, handbill means “A pruning hook” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of handbill is handbills.
How many letters and syllables are in handbill?
| Letters | 8: H-A-N-D-B-I-L-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 107,757th 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 handbill?
Handbill appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 107,757th 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 handbill?
Handbill has 2 syllables (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)-StuckInLagToad-handbill.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of handbill
- handbills plural
- hand bill
- hand-bill
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does handbill mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A pruning hook.
- 2
A chopping instrument; billhook.
- 3
A loose printed sheet, to be distributed by hand.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Handbill in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense loose printed sheet:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | prospectus |
| German | Handzettel, Flugblatt |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does handbill come from?
From hand + bill (“cutting instrument”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).