millhouse
/ˈmɪlˌhaʊs/noun
millhouse is spelled M-I-L-L-H-O-U-S-E: 9 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 103,949th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, millhouse means “A building housing a gristmill, especially a domestic building that is also a mill” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of millhouse is millhouses.
How many letters and syllables are in millhouse?
| Letters | 9: M-I-L-L-H-O-U-S-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 12 million words; the 103,949th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is millhouse?
Millhouse appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 103,949th 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 millhouse?
- US /ˈmɪlˌhaʊs/
Millhouse has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of millhouse
- millhouses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does millhouse mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A building housing a gristmill, especially a domestic building that is also a mill.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does millhouse come from?
From mill + house. Doublet of Mulhouse.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).