Holy Grail
"holy-grail" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Holy Grail” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper 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) - An artifact in Arthurian mythology, being the cup used by Christ at the Last Supper and in which some of his blood was caught during the crucifixion.
Corpus desk
Index EN-holy-grail · Holy Grail · English
Holy Grail · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" 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 | Holy Grail |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Holy Grail” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Holy Grail is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Holy Grail in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English Holy Grayle. (web page layout): So called because it was traditionally difficult to achieve with the available markup. The correct English form is Holy Grail, spelled H-O-L-Y- -G-R-A-I-L.
Definition
- 1An artifact in Arthurian mythology, being the cup used by Christ at the Last Supper and in which some of his blood was caught during the crucifixion.
- 2A web page layout with fixed-width columns to the left and right, and a central area that fills the remaining space.
Etymology
From Middle English Holy Grayle. (web page layout): So called because it was traditionally difficult to achieve with the available markup.
This word in other languages
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.