small screen
"small-screen" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“small 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
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The broadcast or cable television screen, as opposed to the cinema screen (or big screen)
Corpus desk
Index EN-small-screen · small screen · English
small screen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | small screen |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “small screen” in English
Rare enough to double-check
small screen is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for small screen in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Analogy with big screen. The correct English form is small screen, spelled S-M-A-L-L- -S-C-R-E-E-N.
Definition
- 1The broadcast or cable television screen, as opposed to the cinema screen (or big screen)
- 2The medium of television.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how small screen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Jane Smith made her small-screen debut in 1998, appearing as a patient in a hospital drama.
"Marvel’s attempts to conquer TV as comprehensively as it has done cinema continues with what might be its most distinctive small-screen effort yet."
Etymology
Analogy with big screen.
Antonyms
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.