whorehouse

noun

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

The verdict

“whorehouse” is an uncommon English word, ranked #71,220 in English word frequency and used as a noun.

#71,220
frequency rank, English
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Brothel.

Key facts for whorehouse
PropertyValue
Headwordwhorehouse
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#71,220
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “whorehouse” sits in English frequency

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

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for whorehouse is 10 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #71,220 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Brothel.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for whorehouse, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English horehous, equivalent to whore + house. Cognate with Dutch hoerenhuis (“whorehouse”), German Hurenhaus (“whorehouse”), Danish horehus (“whorehouse”), Swedish horhus (“whorehouse”), Icelandic hóruhús (“whorehouse; brothel”). The correct English form is whorehouse, spelled W-H-O-R-E-H-O-U-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Brothel.

Etymology

From Middle English horehous, equivalent to whore + house. Cognate with Dutch hoerenhuis (“whorehouse”), German Hurenhaus (“whorehouse”), Danish horehus (“whorehouse”), Swedish horhus (“whorehouse”), Icelandic hóruhús (“whorehouse; brothel”).

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 "whorehouse"?
"whorehouse" is spelled W-H-O-R-E-H-O-U-S-E.
What does "whorehouse" mean?
As a noun, "whorehouse" means: Brothel.
What is the origin of the word "whorehouse"?
From Middle English horehous, equivalent to whore + house. Cognate with Dutch hoerenhuis (“whorehouse”), German Hurenhaus (“whorehouse”), Danish horehus (“whorehouse”), Swedish horhus (“whorehouse”), Icelandic hóruhús (“whorehouse; brothel”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “whorehouse”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is W-H-O-R-E-H-O-U-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list