paper clip
noun
paper clip is spelled P-A-P-E-R-C-L-I-P: 9 letters. As a noun, paper clip means “A small, folded, wire or plastic device used to hold sheets of paper together” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of paper clip is paper clips.
How many letters and syllables are in paper clip?
| Letters | 9: P-A-P-E-R-C-L-I-P |
|---|---|
| In writing | a phrase: the frequency list counts single words |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people 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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you pronounce paper clip?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-paper_clip.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with paper clip
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: paperclip (one word or two).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of paper clip
- paper clips plural
- paperclip
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does paper clip mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small, folded, wire or plastic device used to hold sheets of paper together.
- 2
USListed after an amount of money to emphasize a lack of resources.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Paper clip in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense paper clip:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | trombone |
| German | Büroklammer, Klammer |
| Portuguese | clipe, clips |
| Spanish | clip, sujetapapeles, prendedor, bincha |
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.