houseguest
/ˈhaʊsˌɡɛst/
"houseguest" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“houseguest” is uncommon English (frequency #60,164 among 23,837 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,164
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A person who visits and stays at someone else's house, usually for one or more nights.
Corpus desk
Index EN-houseguest · houseguest · English
houseguest · rank #60,164 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,164
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 23,837
- PHOTO-FINISH hothouse
Nearest frequency peer: hothouse (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “houseguest”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- horrifically
horrifically
39,840 corpus weight
- hotelier
hotelier
39,839 corpus weight
- hothouse
hothouse
39,838 corpus weight
- houseguest
houseguest
39,837 corpus weight
- Hx
Hx
39,835 corpus weight
- hydrocodone
hydrocodone
39,834 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “houseguest” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | houseguest |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈhaʊsˌɡɛst/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #60,164 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “houseguest” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
houseguest is uncommon English at frequency #60,164 among 23,837 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈhaʊsˌɡɛst/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person who visits and stays at someone else's house, usually for one or more nights.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for houseguest, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From house + guest. The correct English form is houseguest, spelled H-O-U-S-E-G-U-E-S-T.
Definition
- 1A person who visits and stays at someone else's house, usually for one or more nights.
Etymology
From house + guest.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.