glasshouse
/ˈɡlɑːshaʊs/
"glasshouse" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“glasshouse” is uncommon English (frequency #57,406 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,406
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A greenhouse, especially one for commercial use.
Corpus desk
Index EN-glasshouse · glasshouse · English
glasshouse · rank #57,406 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,406
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH gild
Nearest frequency peer: gild (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “glasshouse”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- germanium
germanium
42,598 corpus weight
- Gianna
Gianna
42,597 corpus weight
- gild
gild
42,596 corpus weight
- glasshouse
glasshouse
42,595 corpus weight
- gleeful
gleeful
42,594 corpus weight
- gluck
gluck
42,593 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “glasshouse” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | glasshouse |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡlɑːshaʊs/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #57,406 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “glasshouse” in English
Rare enough to double-check
glasshouse is uncommon English at frequency #57,406 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɡlɑːshaʊs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for glasshouse, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English glasehows, glashous, glashows; equivalent to glass + house. The correct English form is glasshouse, spelled G-L-A-S-S-H-O-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1A greenhouse, especially one for commercial use.
- 2A building where glass or glassware is manufactured.
- 3A military prison.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how glasshouse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The highway to the East Coast which ran through the borough of Ebbfield had always been a main road and even now, despite the vast garages, the pylons and the gaily painted factory glasshouses which had sprung up beside it, there still remained an occasional trace of past cultures.
Etymology
From Middle English glasehows, glashous, glashows; equivalent to glass + house.
Synonyms
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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