bughouse
/ˈbʌɡhaʊs/
"bughouse" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bughouse” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A flea-infested hotel, lodging-house etc.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bughouse · bughouse · English
bughouse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bughouse |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbʌɡhaʊs/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “bughouse” in English
Rare enough to double-check
bughouse is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbʌɡhaʊs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
bughouse has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From bug + house. The correct English form is bughouse, spelled B-U-G-H-O-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1A flea-infested hotel, lodging-house etc.
- 2A prison.
- 3A hospital, especially a lunatic asylum.
- 4A cheap and dirty cinema.
- 5Clipping of bughouse chess
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bughouse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Well, he was ready for the bughouse, certainly.
Etymology
From bug + 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.