houseguest
/ˈhaʊsˌɡɛst/noun
houseguest is spelled H-O-U-S-E-G-U-E-S-T: 10 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,074th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, houseguest means “A person who visits and stays at someone else's house, usually for one or more nights” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of houseguest is houseguests.
How many letters and syllables are in houseguest?
| Letters | 10: H-O-U-S-E-G-U-E-S-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 60,074th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 houseguest?
Houseguest appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,074th 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 houseguest?
- US /ˈhaʊsˌɡɛst/
Houseguest has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Words people confuse with houseguest
Also written: house guest (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with houseguest?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as houseguest (/aʊsɡɛst/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: guesthouse.
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 houseguest
- houseguests plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does houseguest mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who visits and stays at someone else's house, usually for one or more nights.
We had houseguests for weeks after the wedding.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does houseguest come from?
From house + guest.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).