# cathedral

> English word · Adjective · IPA /kəˈθiːdɹəl/ · frequency rank #7,202

## Definitions
1. Relating to the office of a bishop or an archbishop.

## Etymology
From Middle English cathedral, chathedral, cathiderall, from Old French [Term?], from Latin cathedrālis, from cathedra + -ālis, from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra, “chair of a teacher, throne”).

## Common misspellings (14)
`acthedral`, `cahtedral`, `catehdral`, `cathderal`, `cathedarl`, `catheddral`, `cathedrall`, `cathedrla`, `cathedrral`, `catherdal`, `cathhedral`, `catthedral`, `ccathedral`, `ctahedral`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/cathedral