longhouse

noun

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"longhouse" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“longhouse” is uncommon English (frequency #83,466 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,466
frequency rank, English
2,297
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A long communal housing of the Iroquois and some other American Indians, the Malaysians, the Indonesians, the Vikings, and many other peoples.

Corpus desk

Index EN-longhouse · longhouse · English

longhouse · rank #83,466 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,466
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,297
  • PHOTO-FINISH loquacious

Nearest frequency peer: loquacious (+2 rank slots)

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Long-tail ranks near “longhouse”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “longhouse” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for longhouse
PropertyValue
Headwordlonghouse
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#83,466
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “longhouse” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).longhousefalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “loquacious” (#83,468), “Litvinenko” (#83,463), “Lothario” (#83,469). Among 2,297 “L” headwords, “longhouse” is #83,466. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

longhouse is uncommon English at frequency #83,466 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for longhouse, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From long + house. The sense of outhouse possibly derives from Whittington's Longhouse, a public toilet in medieval London, but first attested in a translation of a similar French expression. The correct English form is longhouse, spelled L-O-N-G-H-O-U-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    A long communal housing of the Iroquois and some other American Indians, the Malaysians, the Indonesians, the Vikings, and many other peoples.
  2. 2
    An outhouse, an outbuilding used for urination and defecation.
  3. 3
    The modern society, perceived as increasingly matriarchal and overly egalitarian, and therefore stifling nonconformity and masculine values.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. They marched in under French Colours and were conducted into the Long House.
  2. We met in Council at the Long House.

Etymology

From long + house. The sense of outhouse possibly derives from Whittington's Longhouse, a public toilet in medieval London, but first attested in a translation of a similar French expression.

This word in other languages

maison longue(Français)Langhaus(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "longhouse"?
"longhouse" is spelled L-O-N-G-H-O-U-S-E.
What does "longhouse" mean?
As a noun, "longhouse" means: A long communal housing of the Iroquois and some other American Indians, the Malaysians, the Indonesians, the Vikings, and many other peoples.
What is the origin of the word "longhouse"?
From long + house. The sense of outhouse possibly derives from Whittington's Longhouse, a public toilet in medieval London, but first attested in a translation of a similar French expression. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "longhouse", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

laudatory#83,445Lampedusa#83,439moonraker#83,531neediness#83,551

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list