mental hotel
"mental-hotel" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mental hotel” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A mental hospital.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mental-hotel · mental hotel · English
mental hotel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | mental hotel |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “mental hotel” in English
Rare enough to double-check
mental hotel is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A mental hospital.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for mental hotel, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: As though euphemistic. Piecewise doublet of mental hospital. The correct English form is mental hotel, spelled M-E-N-T-A-L- -H-O-T-E-L.
Definition
- 1A mental hospital.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mental hotel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Before the person calls an ambulance (I only said "without going to jail"...) and has you hauled off to the local mental hotel where all the staff wear those friendly apple coats, thank him for participating in this survey and get the hell out of there!
I don't remember directing my post to you Badmanbelair.......... you must have been Kabatoff's roommate at the mental hotel.............
Etymology
As though euphemistic. Piecewise doublet of mental hospital.
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.