courthouse
/ˈkɔɹt.haʊs/
"courthouse" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“courthouse” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #12,746. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,746
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A public building housing courts of law.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | courthouse |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɔɹt.haʊs/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #12,746 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “courthouse” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around courthouse (IPA /ˈkɔɹt.haʊs/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,746 among 43,570 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for courthouse, with forms such as "ccourthouse", "coruthouse", and "courhtouse". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "courteous", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From court + house. The correct English form is courthouse, spelled C-O-U-R-T-H-O-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1A public building housing courts of law.
- 2The public building where most American counties have their county offices.
Etymology
From court + house.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccourthouse,coruthouse,courhtouse,courrthouse,courthhouse,courthosue,courthoues,courthousse,courthuose,courtohuse,courtthouse,coutrhouse,cuorthouse,ocurthouse
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of courthouse - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “courthouse”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-U-R-T-H-O-U-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkɔɹt.haʊs/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “courteous” - see the side-by-side comparison. courthouse vs courteous
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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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.