great hall
"great-hall" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“great hall” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - The main room of a palace, castle or large manor house in the Middle Ages, or in a country house of the 16th and early 17th centuries.
Corpus desk
Index EN-great-hall · great hall · English
great hall · 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 "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | great hall |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “great hall” in English
Rare enough to double-check
great hall is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for great hall, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 great hall, spelled G-R-E-A-T- -H-A-L-L.
Definition
- 1The main room of a palace, castle or large manor house in the Middle Ages, or in a country house of the 16th and early 17th centuries.
- 2The principal building of a manor or castle compound.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how great hall appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Even in castles and manor houses space was limited, and rooms including the great hall were used for other functions beyond dining.
"Now this" — he indicated the great building facing them, with a handsome flight of steps up to the open door — "this is the great hall."
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.