living room
/ˈlɪvɪŋ ɹuːm/
"living-room" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“living room” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A room in a private house used for general social and leisure activities.
| 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) |
Where “living room” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for living room is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈlɪvɪŋ ɹuːm/. 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 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.
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.
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Using “living room”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is L-I-V-I-N-G- -R-O-O-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈlɪvɪŋ ɹuːm/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.