cookhouse
/ˈkʊkˌhaʊs/noun
cookhouse is spelled C-O-O-K-H-O-U-S-E: 9 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 117,098th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cookhouse means “A small building where cooking takes place” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cookhouse is cookhouses.
How many letters and syllables are in cookhouse?
| Letters | 9: C-O-O-K-H-O-U-S-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 15 million words; the 117,098th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is cookhouse?
Cookhouse appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 117,098th 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 cookhouse?
- US /ˈkʊkˌhaʊs/
Cookhouse has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of cookhouse
- cookhouses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cookhouse mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small building where cooking takes place.
I got the food ready, almost on time, then had to hunt down the two little boys whose job it was to ferry it from cookhouse to table and then serve it.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does cookhouse come from?
From cook + house. Used in Middle English (1296) in a name (Cokehuse), perhaps referring to a kitchen or a restaurant.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).