personal hygiene
"personal-hygiene" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“personal hygiene” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The hygienic measures concerning a person's bodily condition, notably external cleanliness.
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Index EN-personal-hygiene · personal hygiene · English
personal hygiene · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | personal hygiene |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “personal hygiene” in English
Rare enough to double-check
personal hygiene is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The hygienic measures concerning a person's bodily condition, notably external cleanliness.".
personal hygiene doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is personal hygiene, spelled P-E-R-S-O-N-A-L- -H-Y-G-I-E-N-E.
Definition
- 1The hygienic measures concerning a person's bodily condition, notably external cleanliness.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how personal hygiene appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The modern bathroom is the temple of personal hygiene.
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.