# courthouse

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkɔɹt.haʊs/ · frequency rank #12,746

## Definitions
1. A public building housing courts of law.
2. The public building where most American counties have their county offices.

## Etymology
From court + house.

## Easily confused with
- **courteous** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/courteous-vs-courthouse)

## Common misspellings (14)
`ccourthouse`, `coruthouse`, `courhtouse`, `courrthouse`, `courthhouse`, `courthosue`, `courthoues`, `courthousse`, `courthuose`, `courtohuse`, `courtthouse`, `coutrhouse`, `cuorthouse`, `ocurthouse`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/courthouse