# firehouse

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #34,056

## Definitions
1. A house containing a fire to heat it; a dwelling-house, as opposed to a barn, a stable, or other outhouse.

## Etymology
From Middle English firhous, fyrehous, from Old English fȳrhūs (“a fire-house, a room with a fire; furnace”), equivalent to fire + house. Compare Icelandic eldhús (“kitchen”).

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

## Common misspellings (12)
`ffirehouse`, `fierhouse`, `firehhouse`, `firehosue`, `firehoues`, `firehousse`, `firehuose`, `fireohuse`, `firheouse`, `firrehouse`, `friehouse`, `ifrehouse`

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