brothel house

noun

"brothel-house" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“brothel house” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A house of prostitution; whorehouse

Corpus desk

Index EN-brothel-house · brothel house · English

brothel house · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "B" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for brothel house
PropertyValue
Headwordbrothel house
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “brothel house” in English

brothel housesits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

brothel house is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A house of prostitution; whorehouse".

No generated misspelling entries exist for brothel house in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Etymologically, the entry records: From brothel (“wretch; harlot”) + house. The correct English form is brothel house, spelled B-R-O-T-H-E-L- -H-O-U-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    A house of prostitution; whorehouse

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how brothel house appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Now if you all follow me to the first brothel house on reaper street.

Etymology

From brothel (“wretch; harlot”) + house.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "brothel house"?
"brothel house" is spelled B-R-O-T-H-E-L- -H-O-U-S-E.
What does "brothel house" mean?
As a noun, "brothel house" means: A house of prostitution; whorehouse
What is the origin of the word "brothel house"?
From brothel (“wretch; harlot”) + house. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list