housemother
/hʌʊsˈmʌðɚ/noun
housemother is spelled H-O-U-S-E-M-O-T-H-E-R: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 37 million words in written English, the 187,122nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, housemother means “The mother of a family; the female head of household, or of any collection of persons living as a family or in common, as in a primitive community” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of housemother is housemothers.
How many letters and syllables are in housemother?
| Letters | 11: H-O-U-S-E-M-O-T-H-E-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 37 million words; the 187,122nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is housemother?
Housemother appears about once in every 37 million words in written English, the 187,122nd 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 housemother?
- UK /haʊsˈmʌðə(ɹ)/
- UK [haʊsˈmɐðə(ɹ)]
- US /hʌʊsˈmʌðɚ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with housemother?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as housemother from its last stressed vowel (/ʌðəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: motherhouse.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of housemother
- housemothers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does housemother mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The mother of a family; the female head of household, or of any collection of persons living as a family or in common, as in a primitive community.
- 2
A woman in charge of a residence for young people to look after them.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Housemother in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Hausmutter |
| French | surveillante |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does housemother come from?
From house + mother. First use appears c. 1822. See cite below.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).