# householder

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈhaʊshoʊldə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #31,207

## Definitions
1. The owner of a house.
2. The head of a household.
3. A layperson, lay devotee, gahapati, grihastha.

## Etymology
From Middle English housholdere, equivalent to household + -er. The Buddhist sense is a semantic loan from Pali gahapati (literally “house-master”).

## Easily confused with
- **household** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/household-vs-householder)

## Common misspellings (16)
`hhouseholder`, `hosueholder`, `houesholder`, `househholder`, `househloder`, `househodler`, `householdder`, `householderr`, `householdre`, `householedr`, `househollder`, `houseohlder`, `housheolder`, `housseholder`, `huoseholder`, `ohuseholder`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/householder