schoolhouse

Name: schoolhouse, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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/ˈskulˌhaʊs/

//ˈskulˌhaʊs// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“schoolhouse” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #32,171. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,171
frequency rank, English: 6,566
“S” headwords: 16
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A building housing a school, especially a small or single-room one.

Corpus desk

Index EN-schoolhouse · schoolhouse · English

schoolhouse · rank #32,171 · 16 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #32,171
LEN-MEGA 11 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 16 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,566
PHOTO-FINISH Satoshi

Nearest frequency peer: Satoshi (-1 rank slots)

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.

sarkar

67,833
Saskatoon

67,832
Satoshi

67,831
schoolhouse

67,830
seashore

67,829
seclusion

67,828

What this shows “schoolhouse” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Key facts for schoolhouse
Property	Value
Headword	schoolhouse
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/ˈskulˌhaʊs/
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#32,171
Misspellings tracked	16
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “schoolhouse”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).schoolhouselands here:

#32,171

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “Satoshi” (#32,170), “seashore” (#32,172), “Saskatoon” (#32,169). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “schoolhouse” is #32,171. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around schoolhouse (IPA /ˈskulˌhaʊs/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,171 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A building housing a school, especially a small or single-room one.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for schoolhouse, with forms such as "cshoolhouse", "scchoolhouse", and "schhoolhouse". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English scolehous, scole-hous, equivalent to school + house. Compare West Frisian skoallehûs, skoalhûs (“schoolhouse”), Dutch schoolhuis (“schoolhouse”), German Schulhaus (“schoolhouse”). The correct English form is schoolhouse, spelled S-C-H-O-O-L-H-O-U-S-E.

Definition

1
A building housing a school, especially a small or single-room one.

Etymology

From Middle English scolehous, scole-hous, equivalent to school + house. Compare West Frisian skoallehûs, skoalhûs (“schoolhouse”), Dutch schoolhuis (“schoolhouse”), German Schulhaus (“schoolhouse”).

This word in other languages

plantel(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

cshoolhouse
scchoolhouse
schhoolhouse
scholhouse
scholohouse
schoohlouse
schoolhhouse
schoolhosue
schoolhoues
schoolhousse
schoolhuose
schoollhouse
schoolohuse
scoholhouse
shcoolhouse
sschoolhouse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of schoolhouse - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "schoolhouse"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "schoolhouse"?

"schoolhouse" is spelled S-C-H-O-O-L-H-O-U-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈskulˌhaʊs/.

What does "schoolhouse" mean?

As a noun, "schoolhouse" means: A building housing a school, especially a small or single-room one.

What are common misspellings of "schoolhouse"?

Common misspellings include "cshoolhouse", "scchoolhouse", "schhoolhouse", "scholhouse", "scholohouse". The correct spelling is "schoolhouse".

How do you pronounce "schoolhouse"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schoolhouse" is /ˈskulˌhaʊs/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What is the origin of the word "schoolhouse"?

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "schoolhouse", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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Similar misspelling depth

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