houses

[haʊzɪz]

/[haʊzɪz]/ unknown

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The verdict

“houses” is uncommon German (frequency #66,335 among 59,066 “H” headwords), classed as an unknown. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,335
frequency rank, German
59,066
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Plural von house

Key facts for houses
PropertyValue
Headwordhouses
LanguageGerman
Part of speechUnknown
IPA[haʊzɪz]
Letters6
Frequency rank#66,335
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “houses” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). houses lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

houses is uncommon German at frequency #66,335 among 59,066 “H” headwords, classed as anunknown, transcribed [haʊzɪz]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plural von house".

houses doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is houses, spelled H-O-U-S-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plural von house

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "houses"?
"houses" is spelled H-O-U-S-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [haʊzɪz].
What does "houses" mean?
As an unknown, "houses" means: Plural von house
How do you pronounce "houses"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "houses" is [haʊzɪz]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "houses" come from?
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Using “houses”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is H-O-U-S-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [haʊzɪz] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list