churchlike

adj

"churchlike" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“churchlike” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Resembling or befitting a church or a worship service.

Corpus desk

Index EN-churchlike · churchlike · English

churchlike · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for churchlike
PropertyValue
Headwordchurchlike
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “churchlike” in English

churchlikesits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

churchlike is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Resembling or befitting a church or a worship service.".

No misspelling variants are generated for churchlike in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From church + -like. Compare Scots kirklyk, kirklike (“ecclesiastical”). The correct English form is churchlike, spelled C-H-U-R-C-H-L-I-K-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Resembling or befitting a church or a worship service.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how churchlike appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The new part, containing the schoolroom and dormitory, was lit by mullioned and latticed windows, which gave it a church-like aspect […]
  2. The court was filled. Some people even stood behind the churchlike benches in the rear.

Etymology

From church + -like. Compare Scots kirklyk, kirklike (“ecclesiastical”).

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "churchlike"?
"churchlike" is spelled C-H-U-R-C-H-L-I-K-E.
What does "churchlike" mean?
As an adjective, "churchlike" means: Resembling or befitting a church or a worship service.
What is the origin of the word "churchlike"?
From church + -like. Compare Scots kirklyk, kirklike (“ecclesiastical”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list