Rest room or restroom?
rest room is a noun meaning “Alternative spelling of restroom”; restroom is a noun meaning “A room containing a public toilet: a public lavatory”. Wiktionary gives them as spellings of the same word. rest room is written as two words and restroom as one word; they are used differently.
What is the difference between rest room and restroom?
| rest room | restroom | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun | noun |
| Meaning | Alternative spelling of restroom | USA room containing a public toilet: a public lavatory |
| Example | none recorded | Could you tell me where I can find the restroom? |
| Forms | none | restrooms |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | /ˈɹɛstˌɹum/ |
| In writing | not counted (the list counts single words) | 2.5 times per million words |
Sources: rest room and restroom in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of rest room and restroom
rest room
- 1
Alternative spelling of restroom
restroom
- 1
USA room containing a public toilet: a public lavatory
Could you tell me where I can find the restroom?
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, rest room or restroom?
rest room is a phrase, which the list of single words does not count; restroom 2.5 times per million words.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How many people search rest room vs restroom?
“rest room vs restroom” is searched about 10 times a month on Google and 10 on Bing in the United States. Google counts close variants of a query together (“restroom vs rest room”, “rest room or restroom”).
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