warehouse
/ˈwɛə(ɹ)haʊs/noun, verb
warehouse is spelled W-A-R-E-H-O-U-S-E: 9 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 12 times per million words in written English, the 6,230th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, warehouse means “A facility for storing large amounts of merchandise or products” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of warehouse is warehouses.
How many letters and syllables are in warehouse?
| Letters | 9: W-A-R-E-H-O-U-S-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 12 times per million words; the 6,230th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is warehouse?
Warehouse appears 12 times per million words in written English, the 6,230th 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 warehouse?
- /ˈwɛə(ɹ)haʊs/
Warehouse has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-warehouse.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with warehouse?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as warehouse.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: houseware.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of warehouse
- warehouses plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- warehousing participle, present
- warehoused participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does warehouse mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A facility for storing large amounts of merchandise or products.
- 2
An intermediate facility where goods are transported from the manufacturer prior to their distribution to retailers.
verb
- 1
To store in a warehouse or similar.
- 2
To confine (a person) to an institution for a long period.
- 3
To acquire and then shelve, simply to prevent competitors from acquiring it.
the warehousing of syndicated TV shows
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate warehouse?
Wiktionary records 2 abbreviations of warehouse: whs, whse.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Warehouse in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | entrepôt, dépôt |
| German | Lager, Lagerhaus, Speicherhaus, Packhaus , lagern, einlagern |
| Portuguese | armazém , armazenar |
| Spanish | almacén, depósito, magacén , almacenar |
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 warehouse come from?
From ware + house.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).