place of worship
"place-of-worship" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“place of worship” 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 May 6, 2026) - A place, usually a building such as a church, mosque, synagogue or temple where believers can practise their faith.
Corpus desk
Index EN-place-of-worship · place of worship · English
place of worship · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | place of worship |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “place of worship” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
place of worship is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A place, usually a building such as a church, mosque, synagogue or temple where believers can practise their faith.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for place of worship in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English place of worship, place of wurschip. The correct English form is place of worship, spelled P-L-A-C-E- -O-F- -W-O-R-S-H-I-P.
Definition
- 1A place, usually a building such as a church, mosque, synagogue or temple where believers can practise their faith.
Etymology
From Middle English place of worship, place of wurschip.
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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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.