# schoolhouse

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈskulˌhaʊs/ · frequency rank #32,171

## Definitions
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”).

## Common misspellings (16)
`cshoolhouse`, `scchoolhouse`, `schhoolhouse`, `scholhouse`, `scholohouse`, `schoohlouse`, `schoolhhouse`, `schoolhosue`, `schoolhoues`, `schoolhousse`, `schoolhuose`, `schoollhouse`, `schoolohuse`, `scoholhouse`, `shcoolhouse`, `sschoolhouse`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/schoolhouse