prayer room

noun

"prayer-room" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A dedicated space, often within a home, workplace, or place of worship, designed for quiet contemplation, prayer, and spiritual reflection.

Key facts for prayer room
PropertyValue
Headwordprayer room
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “prayer room” sits in English frequency

prayer room falls 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

prayer room is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A dedicated space, often within a home, workplace, or place of worship, designed for quiet contemplation, prayer, and spiritual reflection.".

No misspelling variants are generated for prayer room in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 prayer room, spelled P-R-A-Y-E-R- -R-O-O-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    A dedicated space, often within a home, workplace, or place of worship, designed for quiet contemplation, prayer, and spiritual reflection.

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 "prayer room"?
"prayer room" is spelled P-R-A-Y-E-R- -R-O-O-M.
What does "prayer room" mean?
As a noun, "prayer room" means: A dedicated space, often within a home, workplace, or place of worship, designed for quiet contemplation, prayer, and spiritual reflection.
What language does "prayer room" come from?
"prayer room" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “prayer room”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is P-R-A-Y-E-R- -R-O-O-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • 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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list