youth hostel
/ˈjuːθ ˌhɒstəl/
"youth-hostel" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“youth hostel” 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 inexpensive supervised lodging place, primarily for young people.
Corpus desk
Index EN-youth-hostel · youth hostel · English
youth hostel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Y" 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 | youth hostel |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈjuːθ ˌhɒstəl/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “youth hostel” in English
Rare enough to double-check
youth hostel is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈjuːθ ˌhɒstəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An inexpensive supervised lodging place, primarily for young people.".
Zero misspellings are on record for youth hostel in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is youth hostel, spelled Y-O-U-T-H- -H-O-S-T-E-L.
Definition
- 1An inexpensive supervised lodging place, primarily for young people.
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.