statehouse

noun

"statehouse" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“statehouse” is uncommon English (frequency #55,117 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,117
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative spelling of state house.

Corpus desk

Index EN-statehouse · statehouse · English

statehouse · rank #55,117 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,117
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH stellenbosch

Nearest frequency peer: stellenbosch (+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 “statehouse”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “statehouse” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for statehouse
PropertyValue
Headwordstatehouse
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#55,117
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “statehouse” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).statehousefalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “stellenbosch” (#55,118), “Spuds” (#55,115), “Sten” (#55,119). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “statehouse” is #55,117. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

statehouse is uncommon English at frequency #55,117 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative spelling of state house.".

statehouse has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Etymologically, the entry records: From state + house. The correct English form is statehouse, spelled S-T-A-T-E-H-O-U-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of state house.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how statehouse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. And so it is that something Republicans are calling “critical race theory” became the center of a series of statehouse bills – some proposed, others already signed into law – that aim to ban honest conversations about race and sex oppression in America from classrooms.

Etymology

From state + house.

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 "statehouse"?
"statehouse" is spelled S-T-A-T-E-H-O-U-S-E.
What does "statehouse" mean?
As a noun, "statehouse" means: Alternative spelling of state house.
What is the origin of the word "statehouse"?
From state + house. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list