Holy Grail
"holy-grail" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Holy Grail” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a proper noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Holy Grail |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Holy Grail” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Holy Grail is 10 letters long, classified as a proper noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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.
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Using “Holy Grail”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is H-O-L-Y- -G-R-A-I-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.