# bathhouse

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbæθˌhaʊs/ · frequency rank #43,520

## Definitions
1. A building with baths for communal use.
2. A building where swimmers can change clothes.
3. A business with bath-like facilities, which chiefly serves as a place for sexual encounters, especially among men.

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English bathhous, bathous, from Old English bæþhūs (“bathhouse”), equivalent to bath + house. Cognate with Dutch badhuis (“bathhouse”), German Badehaus (“bathhouse”), German Low German Baadhuus, Boodhuus (“bathhouse”), Danish badehus (“bathhouse”), Norwegian Bokmål badehus (“bathhouse”), Norwegian Nynorsk badehus (“bathhouse”), Swedish badhus (“bathhouse”).

## Easily confused with
- **boathouse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bathhouse-vs-boathouse)

## Common misspellings (11)
`abthhouse`, `bahthouse`, `bathhosue`, `bathhoues`, `bathhousse`, `bathhuose`, `bathohuse`, `bathouse`, `batthhouse`, `bbathhouse`, `btahhouse`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bathhouse