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paperbound

adjective, noun

paperbound is spelled P-A-P-E-R-B-O-U-N-D: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, paperbound means “Having flexible covers; paperback; softcovered” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in paperbound?

Letters10: P-A-P-E-R-B-O-U-N-D
In writingabout once in every 81 million words; the 286,585th 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 paperbound?

Paperbound appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th 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).

Forms of paperbound

  • more paperbound comparative
  • most paperbound superlative
  • paper-bound
  • paperbounds plural

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

What does paperbound mean?

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

adjective

  1. 1

    Having flexible covers; paperback; softcovered.

  2. 2

    Involving or burdened by excessive administrative requirements, especially in the form of paperwork.

noun

  1. 1

    datedA paperback book.

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

Where does paperbound come from?

From paper + bound.

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

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