cathouse
/ˈkat.haʊs/
"cathouse" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cathouse” 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 brothel.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cathouse · cathouse · English
cathouse · 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 "C" 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 | cathouse |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkat.haʊs/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cathouse” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cathouse is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkat.haʊs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
cathouse doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Compound of cat + house. The correct English form is cathouse, spelled C-A-T-H-O-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1A brothel.
- 2Any small house, structure or fold used to house a cat.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cathouse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Do you know how he spent years watching the droopy chicks in cathouses, listening to his cellmates moaning low behind the bars […]?
Alot^([sic]) of great work is being done all throughout blog land in terms of raising the money to build a cathouse for homeless kitties here at the daily dose.
Etymology
Compound of cat + 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.