henhouse

noun

"henhouse" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“henhouse” is uncommon English (frequency #90,538 among 23,837 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,538
frequency rank, English
23,837
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Synonym of hencoop.

Key facts for henhouse
PropertyValue
Headwordhenhouse
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#90,538
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “henhouse” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). henhouse lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

henhouse is uncommon English at frequency #90,538 among 23,837 “H” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of hencoop.".

No misspelling variants are generated for henhouse in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From hen + house. The correct English form is henhouse, spelled H-E-N-H-O-U-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Synonym of hencoop.

Etymology

From hen + house.

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "henhouse"?
"henhouse" is spelled H-E-N-H-O-U-S-E.
What does "henhouse" mean?
As a noun, "henhouse" means: Synonym of hencoop.
What is the origin of the word "henhouse"?
From hen + house. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “henhouse”

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

  • The one correct English spelling is H-E-N-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

Other uncommon English words near this rank

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