# sepulchre

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsɛpəlkə/ · frequency rank #42,888

## Definitions
1. A burial chamber.
2. A recess in some early churches in which the reserved sacrament, etc. was kept from Good Friday till Easter.

## Etymology
From Middle English sepulchre, sepulcre, sepulker, from late Old English sepulcer, Old French sepulchre, sepulcre, and their etymon Latin sepulchrum, sepulcrum (“grave, burial place”).

## Common misspellings (14)
`espulchre`, `sepluchre`, `seppulchre`, `sepuclhre`, `sepulcchre`, `sepulcher`, `sepulchhre`, `sepulchrre`, `sepulcrhe`, `sepulhcre`, `sepullchre`, `seuplchre`, `speulchre`, `ssepulchre`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sepulchre