jakeshouse

noun

"jakeshouse" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“jakeshouse” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An outbuilding with a jakes: an outhouse.

Corpus desk

Index EN-jakeshouse · jakeshouse · English

jakeshouse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "J" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for jakeshouse
PropertyValue
Headwordjakeshouse
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “jakeshouse” in English

jakeshouseranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

jakeshouse is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An outbuilding with a jakes: an outhouse.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for jakeshouse, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Etymologically, the entry records: From jakes (“outhouse; lavatory”) + house, to clarify the intended sense. The correct English form is jakeshouse, spelled J-A-K-E-S-H-O-U-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    An outbuilding with a jakes: an outhouse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how jakeshouse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. A dounghill God, […] a God of the jakeshouse.

Etymology

From jakes (“outhouse; lavatory”) + house, to clarify the intended sense.

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "jakeshouse"?
"jakeshouse" is spelled J-A-K-E-S-H-O-U-S-E.
What does "jakeshouse" mean?
As a noun, "jakeshouse" means: An outbuilding with a jakes: an outhouse.
What is the origin of the word "jakeshouse"?
From jakes (“outhouse; lavatory”) + house, to clarify the intended sense. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list