housemaid
/ˈhaʊsˌmeɪd/
"housemaid" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“housemaid” is uncommon English (frequency #52,385 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,385
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A female domestic worker responsible for cleaning a house.
Corpus desk
Index EN-housemaid · housemaid · English
housemaid · rank #52,385 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,385
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH hosiery
Nearest frequency peer: hosiery (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “housemaid”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- hosiery
hosiery
47,617 corpus weight
- housemaid
housemaid
47,616 corpus weight
- howler
howler
47,615 corpus weight
- hubbub
hubbub
47,614 corpus weight
- Huda
Huda
47,613 corpus weight
- humorously
humorously
47,612 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “housemaid” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | housemaid |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈhaʊsˌmeɪd/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #52,385 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “housemaid” in English
Rare enough to double-check
housemaid is uncommon English at frequency #52,385 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈhaʊsˌmeɪd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for housemaid in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From house + maid. The correct English form is housemaid, spelled H-O-U-S-E-M-A-I-D.
Definition
- 1A female domestic worker responsible for cleaning a house.
- 2A housewife.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how housemaid appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
With a dramatic gesture, he pointed to a large splash of candle grease on the floor by the writing-table. "It must have been done since yesterday, otherwise a good housemaid would have at once removed it with blotting-paper and a hot iron. […]”
Etymology
From house + maid.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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