mental hospital

noun

"mental-hospital" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“mental hospital” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A hospital facility designed to treat persons with serious mental disorders, as opposed to disorders of the body.

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Index EN-mental-hospital · mental hospital · English

mental hospital · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for mental hospital
PropertyValue
Headwordmental hospital
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “mental hospital” in English

mental hospitalfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mental hospital is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A hospital facility designed to treat persons with serious mental disorders, as opposed to disorders of the body.".

mental hospital has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: Piecewise doublet of mental hotel. The correct English form is mental hospital, spelled M-E-N-T-A-L- -H-O-S-P-I-T-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    A hospital facility designed to treat persons with serious mental disorders, as opposed to disorders of the body.

Etymology

Piecewise doublet of mental hotel.

Synonyms

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mental hospital"?
"mental hospital" is spelled M-E-N-T-A-L- -H-O-S-P-I-T-A-L.
What does "mental hospital" mean?
As a noun, "mental hospital" means: A hospital facility designed to treat persons with serious mental disorders, as opposed to disorders of the body.
What is the origin of the word "mental hospital"?
Piecewise doublet of mental hotel. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list