housecat
/ˈhaʊsˌkæt/noun
housecat is spelled H-O-U-S-E-C-A-T: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, housecat means “Alternative form of house cat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of housecat is housecats.
How many letters and syllables are in housecat?
| Letters | 8: H-O-U-S-E-C-A-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 125,655th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is housecat?
Housecat appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce housecat?
- US /ˈhaʊsˌkæt/
Housecat has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with housecat?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as housecat (/aʊskæt/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: cathouse.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of housecat
- housecats plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does housecat mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative form of house cat
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).