houseless
/ˈhaʊsləs/adjective
houseless is spelled H-O-U-S-E-L-E-S-S: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 146,811th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, houseless means “Lacking a house, or, by extension, a residence or place of refuge in general; thus, having no home” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in houseless?
| Letters | 9: H-O-U-S-E-L-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 23 million words; the 146,811th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is houseless?
Houseless appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 146,811th 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 houseless?
- /ˈhaʊsləs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Neøn-houseless.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of houseless
- more houseless comparative
- most houseless superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does houseless mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Lacking a house, or, by extension, a residence or place of refuge in general; thus, having no home.
Some advocates for unhoused people have insisted that they be called houseless rather than homeless, but even within the community of advocates there is not universal agreement on this terminological prescription.
- 2
Lacking a permanent place of residence but not a ‘home’ in the broader sense, for example in the form of a community.
He said that he was houseless but not homeless because he went to school in that community, was registered to vote there, and had been living in the teepee for seventeen years. He said that teepee was his home.
- 3
Containing no house or place of refuge; wild or inhospitable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does houseless come from?
From Middle English housles, from Old English *hūslēas, from Proto-West Germanic *hūslaus, from Proto-Germanic *hūsalausaz, equivalent to house + -less. Cognate with West Frisian húsleas (“houseless”), Dutch huisloos (“houseless”), German hauslos (“houseless”), Danish husløs (“houseless”), Swedish huslös (“houseless”), Icelandic húslaus (“houseless”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).