# housekeeper

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈhaʊskipɚ/ · frequency rank #19,859

## Definitions
1. Someone (traditionally a woman) employed to look after the home, typically by managing domestic servants or superintending household management; also someone with equivalent duties in a hotel, institution etc.
2. Someone who manages the running of a home, traditionally the female head of the household.
3. Someone who keeps to their house; someone who rarely ventures away from home; an unadventurous person, a homebody.
4. Someone who owns a house as a place of residence; a householder.

## Etymology
From house + keeper.

## Common misspellings (15)
`hhousekeeper`, `hosuekeeper`, `houeskeeper`, `houseekeper`, `housekeeepr`, `housekeeperr`, `housekeepper`, `housekeepre`, `housekepeer`, `housekeper`, `housekkeeper`, `houskeeeper`, `houssekeeper`, `huosekeeper`, `ohusekeeper`

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