House of Commons

name

"house-of-commons" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“House of Commons” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The lower house of the British Parliament.

Corpus desk

Index EN-house-of-commons · House of Commons · English

House of Commons · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "H" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for House of Commons
PropertyValue
HeadwordHouse of Commons
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “House of Commons” in English

House of Commonssits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

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

Rare enough to double-check

House of Commons is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for House of Commons, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: In this term, house means a deliberative assembly, while the Commons stands for the common people, as opposed to nobility. The correct English form is House of Commons, spelled H-O-U-S-E- -O-F- -C-O-M-M-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    The lower house of the British Parliament.
  2. 2
    The lower house of the Canadian Parliament.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how House of Commons appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. When the legislation was debated by the House of Commons, Labour Deputy Leader Angela Rayner said it was "riddled with holes", while former Conservative Commons Leader Jacob Rees-Mogg said it was "badly written".

Etymology

In this term, house means a deliberative assembly, while the Commons stands for the common people, as opposed to nobility.

Synonyms

CommonsCommons 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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "House of Commons"?
"House of Commons" is spelled H-O-U-S-E- -O-F- -C-O-M-M-O-N-S.
What does "House of Commons" mean?
As a proper noun, "House of Commons" means: The lower house of the British Parliament.
What is the origin of the word "House of Commons"?
In this term, house means a deliberative assembly, while the Commons stands for the common people, as opposed to nobility. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list