Skip to main content
PlainSpell

paperless

adjective

paperless is spelled P-A-P-E-R-L-E-S-S: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 57,423rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, paperless means “Without paper” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in paperless?

Letters9: P-A-P-E-R-L-E-S-S
Syllables3 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 4 million words; the 57,423rd 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 paperless?

Paperless appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 57,423rd 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 paperless?

    Paperless has 3 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).

    What does paperless mean?

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

    adjective

    1. 1

      Without paper.

      The paperless walls of the bedroom looked grey and cheerless.

    2. 2

      Relating to or involving the communication or storage of information electronically, rather than with paper.

      Many banks are now offering paperless billing.

    3. 3

      Lacking official documentation or evidence of identity.

      The government will aim to identify paperless refugees.

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

    Paperless in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

    LanguageWords
    Frenchdématérialisé (using information without paper), sans papiers (without documentation of identity)
    Germanpapierlos (using information without paper)
    Spanishsin papeles (without documentation of identity)

    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 paperless come from?

    From paper + -less.

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

    What to look up after paperless