tearoom
/ˈtiˌɹum/
"tearoom" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tearoom” is uncommon English (frequency #78,188 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,188
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A café which serves tea, usually with light food.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tearoom · tearoom · English
tearoom · rank #78,188 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,188
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH tansy
Nearest frequency peer: tansy (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “tearoom”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Tammi
Tammi
21,816 corpus weight
- tannic
tannic
21,815 corpus weight
- tansy
tansy
21,814 corpus weight
- tearoom
tearoom
21,813 corpus weight
- Teena
Teena
21,812 corpus weight
- teil
teil
21,811 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “tearoom” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tearoom |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtiˌɹum/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #78,188 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “tearoom” in English
Rare enough to double-check
tearoom is uncommon English at frequency #78,188 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈtiˌɹum/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
tearoom has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From tea + room. In reference to a lavatory, probably as a variant of t-room (“toilet room”). The correct English form is tearoom, spelled T-E-A-R-O-O-M.
Definition
- 1A café which serves tea, usually with light food.
- 2A public lavatory, especially (US, gay slang, dated) as a meeting place for gay men.
- 3A room in a workplace set aside for tea breaks, lunch breaks, snacking, etc; a break room.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tearoom appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
At Rannoch, the platforms were rebuilt. Although the station tearoom couldn't be reached by rail during the closure, which started on October 5, it did help feed and sustain the workforce.
I'm deathly afraid of the tearooms though, John. Some of my best friends have been entrapped and busted by the fuzz.
Etymology
From tea + room. In reference to a lavatory, probably as a variant of t-room (“toilet room”).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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