housebreaker
"housebreaker" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“housebreaker” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A criminal who breaks into and enters another's house or premises with the intent of committing a crime.
Corpus desk
Index EN-housebreaker · housebreaker · English
housebreaker · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | housebreaker |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “housebreaker” in English
Rare enough to double-check
housebreaker is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A criminal who breaks into and enters another's house or premises with the intent of committing a crime.".
Zero misspellings are on record for housebreaker in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From house + breaker. The correct English form is housebreaker, spelled H-O-U-S-E-B-R-E-A-K-E-R.
Definition
- 1A criminal who breaks into and enters another's house or premises with the intent of committing a crime.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how housebreaker appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] here were no Gibers, Cenſurers, Backbiters, Pick-pockets, Highwaymen, Houſebreakers, Attorneys, Bawds, Buffoons, Gameſters, Politicians, Wits, ſplenetick tedious Talkers, Controvertiſts, Raviſhers, Murderers, Robbers, Virtuoſo's; […]
[H]e is dressed in such a rapscallion manner that the people would think you were talking to a house-breaker.
Etymology
From house + breaker.
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.