backhouse
"backhouse" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“backhouse” is uncommon English (frequency #93,422 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,422
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An outbuilding behind the main building, or an annex attached to the rear of it; especially, a scullery or washhouse.
Corpus desk
Index EN-backhouse · backhouse · English
backhouse · rank #93,422 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,422
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH azz
Nearest frequency peer: azz (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “backhouse”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
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6,580 corpus weight
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6,579 corpus weight
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6,576 corpus weight
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6,574 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “backhouse” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | backhouse |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #93,422 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “backhouse” in English
Rare enough to double-check
backhouse is uncommon English at frequency #93,422 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for backhouse in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From back + house. The correct English form is backhouse, spelled B-A-C-K-H-O-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1An outbuilding behind the main building, or an annex attached to the rear of it; especially, a scullery or washhouse.
- 2An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how backhouse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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Etymology
From back + 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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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