scratchpad
noun
scratchpad is spelled S-C-R-A-T-C-H-P-A-D: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 37 million words in written English, the 187,122nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, scratchpad means “A pad of paper for preliminary notes or sketches or writings, etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of scratchpad is scratchpads.
How many letters and syllables are in scratchpad?
| Letters | 10: S-C-R-A-T-C-H-P-A-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 37 million words; the 187,122nd most frequent word form |
| 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).
How common is scratchpad?
Scratchpad appears about once in every 37 million words in written English, the 187,122nd 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 scratchpad?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-scratchpad.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of scratchpad
- scratchpads plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does scratchpad mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A pad of paper for preliminary notes or sketches or writings, etc.
- 2
A piece of temporary memory to hold details of a current conversation, usually scratchpad memory.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Scratchpad in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense pad of paper:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | bloc-notes |
| German | Notizblock, Schmierblock |
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 scratchpad come from?
From scratch + pad.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).