room temperature
"room-temperature" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“room temperature” 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) - A normal temperature of a room in which people live; typically 20 to 23°C (68 to 73°F); neither heated nor cooled.
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Index EN-room-temperature · room temperature · English
room temperature · 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 "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 | room temperature |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “room temperature” in English
Rare enough to double-check
room temperature is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A normal temperature of a room in which people live; typically 20 to 23°C (68 to 73°F); neither heated nor cooled.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for room temperature, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is room temperature, spelled R-O-O-M- -T-E-M-P-E-R-A-T-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1A normal temperature of a room in which people live; typically 20 to 23°C (68 to 73°F); neither heated nor cooled.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how room temperature appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Water freezes at 0°C, which is below typical room temperature.
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.