living room
/ˈlɪvɪŋ ɹuːm/
"living-room" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“living 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 September 3, 2026) - A room in a private house used for general social and leisure activities.
Corpus desk
Index EN-living-room · living room · English
living room · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" 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 | living room |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈlɪvɪŋ ɹuːm/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “living room” in English
Rare enough to double-check
living room is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈlɪvɪŋ ɹuːm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for living room in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Doublet of Lebensraum. The correct English form is living room, spelled L-I-V-I-N-G- -R-O-O-M.
Definition
- 1A room in a private house used for general social and leisure activities.
- 2Land intended for settlers.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how living room appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Near-synonyms: lounge (esp. UK), loungeroom, lounge room (esp. Australia), sitting room, parlour, parlor, foreroom, front room, drawing room, zitkamer
We relax in the living room.
Etymology
Doublet of Lebensraum.
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.