charterhouse
noun
charterhouse is spelled C-H-A-R-T-E-R-H-O-U-S-E: 12 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 66,686th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, charterhouse means “A Carthusian monastery” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of charterhouse is charterhouses.
How many letters and syllables are in charterhouse?
| Letters | 12: C-H-A-R-T-E-R-H-O-U-S-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 66,686th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is charterhouse?
Charterhouse appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 66,686th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce charterhouse?
Charterhouse has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of charterhouse
- charterhouses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does charterhouse mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A Carthusian monastery.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Charterhouse in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Carthusian monastery:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | chartreuse |
| German | Kartause |
| Spanish | cartuja |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does charterhouse come from?
From French chartreuse, reanalysed as a compound of charter + house. Doublet of chartreuse.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).