pasteboard
"pasteboard" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pasteboard” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Card stock.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pasteboard · pasteboard · English
pasteboard · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | pasteboard |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “pasteboard” in English
Rare enough to double-check
pasteboard is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pasteboard, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From paste + board. The correct English form is pasteboard, spelled P-A-S-T-E-B-O-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1Card stock.
- 2A widget allowing multiple users to paste and share text or other items.
- 3A person's visiting card.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pasteboard appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
All visible objects, man, are but as pasteboard masks.
He handed Larry two slips of pasteboard, theater tickets, as was evident at first glance.
Etymology
From paste + board.
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.