brewhouse

noun

"brewhouse" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“brewhouse” is uncommon English (frequency #76,598 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,598
frequency rank, English
31,241
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A brewery, a place where beer is made.

Key facts for brewhouse
PropertyValue
Headwordbrewhouse
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#76,598
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “brewhouse” sits in English 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). brewhouse lands here:

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

Rare enough to double-check

brewhouse is uncommon English at frequency #76,598 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A brewery, a place where beer is made.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for brewhouse, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English brewhous, brouhous, brewehous, equivalent to brew + house. Compare Dutch brouwhuis (“brewhouse”). The correct English form is brewhouse, spelled B-R-E-W-H-O-U-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    A brewery, a place where beer is made.

Etymology

From Middle English brewhous, brouhous, brewehous, equivalent to brew + house. Compare Dutch brouwhuis (“brewhouse”).

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "brewhouse"?
"brewhouse" is spelled B-R-E-W-H-O-U-S-E.
What does "brewhouse" mean?
As a noun, "brewhouse" means: A brewery, a place where beer is made.
What is the origin of the word "brewhouse"?
From Middle English brewhous, brouhous, brewehous, equivalent to brew + house. Compare Dutch brouwhuis (“brewhouse”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “brewhouse”

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

  • The one correct English spelling is B-R-E-W-H-O-U-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

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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