nuthouse
/ˈnʌtˌhaʊs/
"nuthouse" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nuthouse” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A hospital for the mentally ill.
Corpus desk
Index EN-nuthouse · nuthouse · English
nuthouse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nuthouse |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈnʌtˌhaʊs/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “nuthouse” in English
Rare enough to double-check
nuthouse is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈnʌtˌhaʊs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A hospital for the mentally ill.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for nuthouse, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From nut + house. The correct English form is nuthouse, spelled N-U-T-H-O-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1A hospital for the mentally ill.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how nuthouse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
That guy is totally crazy; he belongs in a nuthouse.
Etymology
From nut + house.
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.