summerhouse
noun
summerhouse is spelled S-U-M-M-E-R-H-O-U-S-E: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 80,453rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, summerhouse means “A house owned not as a primary residence and used as vacation home during warm weather months of the year” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of summerhouse is summerhouses.
How many letters and syllables are in summerhouse?
| Letters | 11: S-U-M-M-E-R-H-O-U-S-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 80,453rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is summerhouse?
Summerhouse appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 80,453rd 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 summerhouse?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-summerhouse.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with summerhouse
Also written: summer-house (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of summerhouse
- summerhouses plural
- summer house
- summer-house
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does summerhouse mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A house owned not as a primary residence and used as vacation home during warm weather months of the year.
- 2
An outbuilding in a garden where the owners can relax in warm weather.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Summerhouse in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense house used as vacation home in summer:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Sommerhaus |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does summerhouse come from?
From Middle English somer-hous, from Old English sumerhūs, sumorhūs, equivalent to summer + house. Compare Dutch zomerhuis, German Sommerhaus, Danish sommerhus, Swedish sommarhus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).