dining room

/ˈdaɪnɪŋˌɹum/

//ˈdaɪnɪŋˌɹum// noun

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

The verdict

“dining room” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A room, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten.

Key facts for dining room
PropertyValue
Headworddining room
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈdaɪnɪŋˌɹum/
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “dining room” sits in English frequency

dining room falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Rare enough to double-check

dining room is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈdaɪnɪŋˌɹum/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A room, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for dining room, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is dining room, spelled D-I-N-I-N-G- -R-O-O-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    A room, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten.

This word in other languages

comedor(Español)salle à manger(Français)Esszimmer(Deutsch)

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 "dining room"?
"dining room" is spelled D-I-N-I-N-G- -R-O-O-M. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈdaɪnɪŋˌɹum/.
What does "dining room" mean?
As a noun, "dining room" means: A room, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten.
How do you pronounce "dining room"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dining room" is /ˈdaɪnɪŋˌɹum/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dining room" come from?
"dining room" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “dining room”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is D-I-N-I-N-G- -R-O-O-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /ˈdaɪnɪŋˌɹum/ (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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list