smokehouse
/ˈsmoʊkˌhaʊs/
"smokehouse" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“smokehouse” is uncommon English (frequency #57,718 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,718
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A structure used to smoke food to preserve it and to add flavor.
Corpus desk
Index EN-smokehouse · smokehouse · English
smokehouse · rank #57,718 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,718
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH slurring
Nearest frequency peer: slurring (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “smokehouse”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Sigrid
Sigrid
42,290 corpus weight
- singe
singe
42,288 corpus weight
- skateboarder
skateboarder
42,287 corpus weight
- slurring
slurring
42,284 corpus weight
- smokehouse
smokehouse
42,283 corpus weight
- soonest
soonest
42,278 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “smokehouse” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | smokehouse |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsmoʊkˌhaʊs/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #57,718 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “smokehouse” in English
Rare enough to double-check
smokehouse is uncommon English at frequency #57,718 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsmoʊkˌhaʊs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for smokehouse, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From smoke + house. The correct English form is smokehouse, spelled S-M-O-K-E-H-O-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1A structure used to smoke food to preserve it and to add flavor.
- 2A structure in which freshly harvested tobacco is cured or preserved by smoking.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how smokehouse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Snakes hang thick from the cypress trees / Like sausage on a smokehouse wall.
Etymology
From smoke + house.
This word in other languages
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).