laptop
/ˈlæp.tɑp/noun, adjective, verb
laptop is spelled L-A-P-T-O-P: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 17 times per million words in written English, the 4,838th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, laptop means “A laptop computer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of laptop is laptops.
How many letters and syllables are in laptop?
| Letters | 6: L-A-P-T-O-P |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 17 times per million words; the 4,838th 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 laptop?
Laptop appears 17 times per million words in written English, the 4,838th 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 laptop?
- UK /ˈlæp.tɒp/
- US /ˈlæp.tɑp/
Laptop 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: En-us-laptop.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of laptop
- laptops plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- lap-top
- laptoping participle, present
- laptoped participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does laptop mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A laptop computer.
He was playing a video game on his laptop.
adjective
- 1
Designed for use on a lap.
verb
- 1
To use a laptop computer.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Laptop in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense computing: a laptop computer:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | ordinateur portable, portable |
| German | Laptop, Klapprechner |
| Portuguese | computador portátil, portátil, laptop, notebook |
| Spanish | portátil, computador portátil, computadora portátil, ordenador portátil, laptop, lap |
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 laptop come from?
From lap (“upper legs of a seated person”) + top, modeled after desktop.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).