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notebook

/ˈnoʊtˌbʊk/noun

notebook is spelled N-O-T-E-B-O-O-K: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 5.5 times per million words in written English, the 10,519th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, notebook means “A book (physical or digital) in which notes or memoranda are written” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of notebook is notebooks.

How many letters and syllables are in notebook?

Letters8: N-O-T-E-B-O-O-K
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing5.5 times per million words; the 10,519th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 notebook?

Notebook appears 5.5 times per million words in written English, the 10,519th 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 notebook?

  • UK /ˈnəʊtˌbʊk/
  • US /ˈnoʊtˌbʊk/

Notebook 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)-Vealhurl-notebook.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Words people confuse with notebook

Also written: note book (one word or two).

Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

Forms of notebook

  • notebooks plural
  • note book

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

What does notebook mean?

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

noun

  1. 1

    A book (physical or digital) in which notes or memoranda are written.

    Near-synonyms: notepad, rough book, writing pad, logbook, journal

  2. 2

    A kind of user interface in literate programming, allowing calculations to be interspersed with human-readable comments, diagrams, etc.

  3. 3

    Ellipsis of notebook computer (“laptop computer”).

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

Notebook in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchcahier, calepin (empty book able to be used for notes), notebook, laptop, ordinateur portatif (notebook computer)
GermanNotizbuch, Notizheft, Notizblock, Merkheft, Schmierheft (empty book able to be used for notes), Notebook (notebook computer)
Portuguesecaderno (empty book able to be used for notes), notebook, laptop (notebook computer)
Spanishcuaderno, libreta (empty book able to be used for notes), computador portátil, computadora portátil, ordenador portátil, portátil (notebook computer)

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 notebook come from?

From note + book.

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

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