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handclap

/ˈhæn(dˌ)klæp/noun

handclap is spelled H-A-N-D-C-L-A-P: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 155,937th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, handclap means “A single clap of the hands” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of handclap is handclaps.

How many letters and syllables are in handclap?

Letters8: H-A-N-D-C-L-A-P
In writingabout once in every 26 million words; the 155,937th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 handclap?

Handclap appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 155,937th 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 handclap?

  • /ˈhæn(dˌ)klæp/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of handclap

  • handclaps plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does handclap mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A single clap of the hands.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does handclap come from?

From hand + clap.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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