cloakroom
/ˈkləʊkɹʊm/
"cloakroom" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cloakroom” is uncommon English (frequency #58,601 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,601
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A room intended for holding guests' cloaks and other heavy outerwear, as at a theater or night club.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cloakroom |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkləʊkɹʊm/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #58,601 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cloakroom” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cloakroom is uncommon English at frequency #58,601 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkləʊkɹʊm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
cloakroom doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From cloak + room. The correct English form is cloakroom, spelled C-L-O-A-K-R-O-O-M.
Definition
- 1A room intended for holding guests' cloaks and other heavy outerwear, as at a theater or night club.
- 2A room intended for holding luggage, as at an airport.
- 3A private lounge next to a legislative chamber.
- 4A lavatory, now particularly a small secondary lavatory or a men's room.
Etymology
From cloak + room.
Synonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “cloakroom”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-L-O-A-K-R-O-O-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkləʊkɹʊm/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.