household god

noun

"household-god" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“household god” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of household deity.

Corpus desk

Index EN-household-god · household god · English

household god · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "H" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for household god
PropertyValue
Headwordhousehold god
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “household god” in English

household godranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

household god is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of household deity.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for household god, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is household god, spelled H-O-U-S-E-H-O-L-D- -G-O-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Synonym of household deity.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how household god appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Action and speed and profit are our household gods, and the man who resists the changing times is punished at every turn.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "household god"?
"household god" is spelled H-O-U-S-E-H-O-L-D- -G-O-D.
What does "household god" mean?
As a noun, "household god" means: Synonym of household deity.
What language does "household god" come from?
"household god" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list