petty-house
"petty-house" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“petty-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
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
Corpus desk
Index EN-petty-house · petty-house · English
petty-house · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | petty-house |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “petty-house” in English
Rare enough to double-check
petty-house is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for petty-house in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From petty (“anything small; a little house, an outhouse”) + house to clarify the intended sense. The correct English form is petty-house, spelled P-E-T-T-Y---H-O-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
Etymology
From petty (“anything small; a little house, an outhouse”) + house to clarify the intended sense.
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.