school uniform

noun

"school-uniform" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A number of uniform items which must be worn by pupils/students in a school.

Corpus desk

Index EN-school-uniform · school uniform · English

school uniform · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for school uniform
PropertyValue
Headwordschool uniform
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “school uniform” in English

school uniformfalls 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

school uniform is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A number of uniform items which must be worn by pupils/students in a school.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for school uniform, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is school uniform, spelled S-C-H-O-O-L- -U-N-I-F-O-R-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    A number of uniform items which must be worn by pupils/students in a school.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how school uniform appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. School uniforms for boys may include a school tie, jacket, cap and a pair of formal trousers.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "school uniform"?
"school uniform" is spelled S-C-H-O-O-L- -U-N-I-F-O-R-M.
What does "school uniform" mean?
As a noun, "school uniform" means: A number of uniform items which must be worn by pupils/students in a school.
What language does "school uniform" come from?
"school uniform" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list