courtroom
noun
courtroom is spelled C-O-U-R-T-R-O-O-M: 9 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.8 times per million words in written English, the 13,321st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “court room vs courtroom” about 10 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, courtroom means “The room where a judge presides over hearings and trials, sometimes with a jury” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of courtroom is courtrooms.
How many letters and syllables are in courtroom?
| Letters | 9: C-O-U-R-T-R-O-O-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.8 times per million words; the 13,321st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is courtroom?
Courtroom appears 3.8 times per million words in written English, the 13,321st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce courtroom?
Courtroom has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-courtroom.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with courtroom
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: court room (one word or two).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of courtroom
- courtrooms plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does courtroom mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The room where a judge presides over hearings and trials, sometimes with a jury.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Courtroom in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense room where a judge presides:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | salle d'audience |
| German | Gerichtssaal, Sitzungssaal |
| Portuguese | corte |
| Spanish | sala de un tribunal |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does courtroom come from?
From court + room.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).