housefire
/ˈhaʊs.faɪ.ɚ/noun
housefire is a noun meaning “A large fire that occurs in a house, causing substantial damage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled H-O-U-S-E-F-I-R-E, and it appears about once in every 89 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of housefire is housefires.
What does housefire mean?
noun
- 1
A large fire that occurs in a house, causing substantial damage.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce housefire?
- /ˈhaʊs.faɪ.ɚ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-housefire.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of housefire
- housefires plural
- house
- fire
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is housefire?
Housefire appears about once in every 89 million words in written English, the 301,415th 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).
Housefire in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense large fire in a house:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Hausbrand |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does housefire come from?
From house + fire.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).