passage house
"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
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 | passage house |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “passage house” in English
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
- 1An outbuilding used for the passage of feces: an outhouse.
- 2A 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.