playhouse
/ˈpleɪhaʊs/noun
playhouse is spelled P-L-A-Y-H-O-U-S-E: 9 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,073rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, playhouse means “A venue for performing plays” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of playhouse is playhouses.
How many letters and syllables are in playhouse?
| Letters | 9: P-L-A-Y-H-O-U-S-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.6 times per million words; the 22,073rd 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 playhouse?
Playhouse appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,073rd 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 playhouse?
- /ˈpleɪhaʊs/
Playhouse 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-playhouse.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with playhouse
Also written: play-house (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of playhouse
- playhouses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does playhouse mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A venue for performing plays.
- 2
Alternative form of play house (“child's toy domestic dwelling”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does playhouse come from?
From Middle English *pleyhous, possibly continuing Old English pleġhūs (“playhouse, theatre”). By surface analysis, play + house. Compare Dutch speelhuis, German Spielhaus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).