pro tip
noun
pro tip is spelled P-R-O-T-I-P: 6 letters. As a noun, pro tip means “A useful piece of advice” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pro tip is pro tips or pro-tips.
How many letters and syllables are in pro tip?
| Letters | 6: P-R-O-T-I-P |
|---|---|
| In writing | a phrase: the frequency list counts single words |
| Wrong spellings searched | none 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).
Words people confuse with pro tip
Also written: protip (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of pro tip
- pro tips plural
- protip
- pro-tip
- pro-tips plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pro tip mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A useful piece of advice.
noun
- 1
Alternative spelling of pro tip.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does pro tip come from?
Originally merely a sum of parts collocation (= professional tips), as for example in pro tips for solid joints [in woodworking] (Popular Science, March 1959), pro tips for hunting with a camera (Field & Stream, September 1978), and pro tips on the course or court from golf pros and tennis pros. In the era of videogaming, the camel case solidification as ProTip, a name for small pieces of gameplay advice used as screenshot captions in GamePro magazine, added a lexicalized dimension to yield a true compound.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).