Which to use
“household” and “householder” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,171
- “household” frequency rank
- #31,207
- “householder” frequency rank
- 34378
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | household | householder |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Collectively, all the persons who live in a given house; a family including attendants, servants etc.; a domestic or family establishment. | The owner of a house. |
Where the eye mixes household and householder
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. household runs 9 letters (CVVCVCVCC) against householder's 11 (CVVCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: household vs householder
A purely visual mix-up. household (/ˈhaʊshəʊld/) and householder (/ˈhaʊshoʊldə(ɹ)/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “household” sits inside “householder”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34378, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
household is recorded at frequency rank #3,171, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈhaʊshəʊld/. householder is at rank #31,207, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈhaʊshoʊldə(ɹ)/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 34378, this pair ranks #321,363 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of household vs householder
Shared letters: dehlosu. Private to "household": -. Private to "householder": r.
"household" · 9 letters · shape CVVCVCVCC · "householder" · 11 letters · shape CVVCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- household ← hhousehold · hosuehold · houeshold · househhold · househlod · househodl · householdd · householld
- householder ← hhouseholder · hosueholder · houesholder · househholder · househloder · househodler · householdder · householderr
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "household" and "householder" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "household" or "householder"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "household" and "householder" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "household" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "householder" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #321,363 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #321,363 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.