draught-house

noun

"draught-house" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“draught-house” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An outhouse; an outbuilding used as a lavatory.

Key facts for draught-house
PropertyValue
Headworddraught-house
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “draught-house” sits in English frequency

draught-house falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for draught-house is 13 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "An outhouse; an outbuilding used as a lavatory.".

draught-house doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From draught + house. The correct English form is draught-house, spelled D-R-A-U-G-H-T---H-O-U-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    An outhouse; an outbuilding used as a lavatory.

Etymology

From draught + house.

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "draught-house"?
"draught-house" is spelled D-R-A-U-G-H-T---H-O-U-S-E.
What does "draught-house" mean?
As a noun, "draught-house" means: An outhouse; an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
What is the origin of the word "draught-house"?
From draught + house. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “draught-house”

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

  • The one correct English spelling is D-R-A-U-G-H-T---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
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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list