rood screen
/ˈɹuːd skɹiːn/
"rood-screen" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“rood screen” 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 September 3, 2026) - A carved screen that separated the chancel and nave in a medieval church; it originally carried a large crucifix; in continental Europe it often featured a balcony from which the Gospel and sermons...
Corpus desk
Index EN-rood-screen · rood screen · English
rood screen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | rood screen |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɹuːd skɹiːn/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “rood screen” in English
Rare enough to double-check
rood screen is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɹuːd skɹiːn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A carved screen that separated the chancel and nave in a medieval church; it originally carried a large crucifix; in continental Europe it often featured a balcony from which the Gospel and sermons...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for rood screen, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: rood (“cross; crucifix”) + screen. The correct English form is rood screen, spelled R-O-O-D- -S-C-R-E-E-N.
Definition
- 1A carved screen that separated the chancel and nave in a medieval church; it originally carried a large crucifix; in continental Europe it often featured a balcony from which the Gospel and sermons could be read.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rood screen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Near-synonyms: dorsal, dossal
The church at Randworth is without aisles, and consists of a chancel and nave only. The rood-screen proper, i.e., the arcade with panels below, is placed, as usual, between the piers of the chancel arch.
Etymology
rood (“cross; crucifix”) + screen.
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.