# temple

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtɛm.pl̩/ · frequency rank #3,339

## Definitions
1. A house of worship, especially:
2. A house of worship, especially:
3. A house of worship, especially:
4. A meeting house of the Oddfellows fraternity; its members.
5. Any place regarded as holding a religious presence.
6. Any place seen as an important centre for some activity.
7. Anything regarded as important or minutely cared for.
8. A gesture wherein the forefingers are outstretched and touch pad to pad while the other fingers are clasped together.

## Etymology
From Middle English temple, from Old English templ, tempel, borrowed from Latin templum (“shrine, temple, area for auspices”). Compare Old High German tempal (“temple”), also a borrowing from the Latin.

## Easily confused with
- **tempo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/temple-vs-tempo)
- **tempt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/temple-vs-tempt)
- **triple** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/temple-vs-triple)
- **tumble** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/temple-vs-tumble)
- **topple** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/temple-vs-topple)
- **tempted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/temple-vs-tempted)
- **temples** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/temple-vs-temples)
- **tremble** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/temple-vs-tremble)
- **trample** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/temple-vs-trample)
- **temp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/temp-vs-temple)
- **Tempe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tempe-vs-temple)
- **temper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/temper-vs-temple)
- **templar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/templar-vs-temple)
- **template** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/template-vs-temple)

## Common misspellings (9)
`etmple`, `temlpe`, `temmple`, `tempel`, `templle`, `tempple`, `tepmle`, `tmeple`, `ttemple`

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