touch screen
/ˈtʌtʃ ˌskɹiːn/
"touch-screen" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“touch 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) - An input and output device that allows the user to interact with the computer by touching the display screen.
Corpus desk
Index EN-touch-screen · touch screen · English
touch screen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | touch screen |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtʌtʃ ˌskɹiːn/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “touch screen” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
touch screen is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈtʌtʃ ˌskɹiːn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An input and output device that allows the user to interact with the computer by touching the display screen.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for touch screen, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From touch + screen. The correct English form is touch screen, spelled T-O-U-C-H- -S-C-R-E-E-N.
Definition
- 1An input and output device that allows the user to interact with the computer by touching the display screen.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how touch screen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
When Action Bubbles appear, press the A Button or use the Touch Screen to perfrom that action.
Etymology
From touch + screen.
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.