coffeehouse

noun

"coffeehouse" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“coffeehouse” is uncommon English (frequency #51,025 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,025
frequency rank, English
43,570
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An establishment where coffee is served to clients; a café.

Key facts for coffeehouse
PropertyValue
Headwordcoffeehouse
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#51,025
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “coffeehouse” 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). coffeehouse 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

coffeehouse is uncommon English at frequency #51,025 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An establishment where coffee is served to clients; a café.".

Zero misspellings are on record for coffeehouse in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From coffee + house. The correct English form is coffeehouse, spelled C-O-F-F-E-E-H-O-U-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    An establishment where coffee is served to clients; a café.

Etymology

From coffee + house.

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 "coffeehouse"?
"coffeehouse" is spelled C-O-F-F-E-E-H-O-U-S-E.
What does "coffeehouse" mean?
As a noun, "coffeehouse" means: An establishment where coffee is served to clients; a café.
What is the origin of the word "coffeehouse"?
From coffee + house. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “coffeehouse”

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

  • The one correct English spelling is C-O-F-F-E-E-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

Other uncommon English words near this rank

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