House of Commons
"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
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | House of Commons |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “House of Commons” in English
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
- 1The lower house of the British Parliament.
- 2The lower house of the Canadian Parliament.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how House of Commons appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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
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.