paperhanger
/ˈpeɪpəhæŋə/
"paperhanger" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“paperhanger” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Someone who puts wallpaper on walls.
Corpus desk
Index EN-paperhanger · paperhanger · English
paperhanger · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paperhanger |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpeɪpəhæŋə/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “paperhanger” in English
Rare enough to double-check
paperhanger is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈpeɪpəhæŋə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for paperhanger, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From paper + hanger. The correct English form is paperhanger, spelled P-A-P-E-R-H-A-N-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1Someone who puts wallpaper on walls.
- 2A con man who passes bad cheques or counterfeit paper money; a forger, a con artist.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how paperhanger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
No one in the street was aware than an Austrian paperhanger named Shickelgruber, and calling himself Hitler, had been arrested in Munich and thrown into jail.
Etymology
From paper + hanger.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.