tabloid

tabl·oid/ˈtæbˌlɔɪd/noun, adjective, verb

tabloid is spelled T-A-B-L-O-I-D: 7 letters and 2 syllables (tabl·oid). It appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,906th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tabloid means “In full tabloid cruiser: a small yacht used for cruising” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tabloid is tabloids.

How many letters and syllables are in tabloid?

Letters	7: T-A-B-L-O-I-D
Syllables	2: tabl·oid
In writing	1.8 times per million words; the 20,906th 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 tabloid?

Tabloid appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,906th most frequent word form in the list.

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rarerper million words of written Englishmore common

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce tabloid?

UK /ˈtæblɔɪd/
US /ˈtæbˌlɔɪd/

Tabloid has 2 syllables, split tabl·oid in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-tabloid.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-tabloid.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of tabloid

tabloids plural, present, singular, he/she/it
tabloiding participle, present
tabloided participle, past

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

What does tabloid mean?

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

noun

1
archaicA small, compressed portion of a chemical, drug, food substance, etc.; a pill, a tablet.
2
In full tabloid cruiser: a small yacht used for cruising.
3
A newspaper having pages half the dimensions of a broadsheet, especially characterized as favouring stories of a popular or sensational nature over serious news.
4
CanadaUSA paper size 11 × 17 inches (279 × 432 millimetres) in dimensions.

adjective

1
In the form of a tabloid (noun senses 2 and 2.2): compressed or compact in size.
2
Resembling the style of journalism generally associated with a tabloid newspaper: appealing to unsophisticated people, sensational, etc.
tabloid journalism

verb

1
To express (something) in a compact or condensed manner, especially in the style of journalism generally associated with a tabloid newspaper (appealing to unsophisticated people, sensational, etc.).
2
To convert (a newspaper) into a tabloid (noun sense 2.2) format.