passage house

noun

"passage-house" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An outbuilding used for the passage of feces: an outhouse.

Corpus desk

Index EN-passage-house · passage house · English

passage house · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "P" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for passage house
PropertyValue
Headwordpassage house
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “passage house” in English

passage housefalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Rare enough to double-check

passage house is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

passage house has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From passage in its obsolete sense "passage of feces" and dated sense "place for easy passage of a river etc." The correct English form is passage house, spelled P-A-S-S-A-G-E- -H-O-U-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    An outbuilding used for the passage of feces: an outhouse.
  2. 2
    A building providing transportation across a passage: a ferryhouse.

Etymology

From passage in its obsolete sense "passage of feces" and dated sense "place for easy passage of a river etc."

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 "passage house"?
"passage house" is spelled P-A-S-S-A-G-E- -H-O-U-S-E.
What does "passage house" mean?
As a noun, "passage house" means: An outbuilding used for the passage of feces: an outhouse.
What is the origin of the word "passage house"?
From passage in its obsolete sense "passage of feces" and dated sense "place for easy passage of a river etc." 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