# wheelhouse

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈʍiːlˌhaʊs/ · frequency rank #44,572

## Definitions
1. A building or other structure containing a (large) wheel, such as the water wheel of a mill.
2. A building or other structure containing a (large) wheel, such as the water wheel of a mill.
3. A building or other structure containing a (large) wheel, such as the water wheel of a mill.
4. A building or other structure containing a (large) wheel, such as the water wheel of a mill.
5. A prehistoric structure from the Iron Age found in Scotland, characteristically including an outer wall within which a circle of stone piers (resembling the spokes of a wheel) form the basis for lintel arches supporting corbelled roofing with a hearth at the hub.
6. A pitch location which is favourable to the hitter.
7. A person's area of authority or expertise.
8. A set of skills necessitated by a situation.

## Etymology
From wheel + house. Sense 3 (“(baseball) a pitch location which is favourable to the hitter”) references the fact that a vessel is controlled from its wheelhouse (sense 1.2), and sense 4 (“a person’s area of authority or expertise”) is a figurative use of sense 3.

## Common misspellings (14)
`hweelhouse`, `wehelhouse`, `wheehlouse`, `wheelhhouse`, `wheelhosue`, `wheelhoues`, `wheelhousse`, `wheelhuose`, `wheellhouse`, `wheelohuse`, `whelehouse`, `whelhouse`, `whheelhouse`, `wwheelhouse`

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