whorehouse
"whorehouse" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“whorehouse” is uncommon English (frequency #71,220 among 1,759 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,220
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Brothel.
Corpus desk
Index EN-whorehouse · whorehouse · English
whorehouse · rank #71,220 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,220
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH whois
Nearest frequency peer: whois (-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 “whorehouse”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- whippet
whippet
28,783 corpus weight
- whois
whois
28,782 corpus weight
- whorehouse
whorehouse
28,781 corpus weight
- Wigglesworth
Wigglesworth
28,779 corpus weight
- wilk
wilk
28,778 corpus weight
- Wilmslow
Wilmslow
28,777 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “whorehouse” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | whorehouse |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #71,220 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “whorehouse” in English
Rare enough to double-check
whorehouse is uncommon English at frequency #71,220 among 1,759 “W” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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
- 1Brothel.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how whorehouse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The Towne Hall is a big inflatable building in the middle of the Snooze ’n’ Crusie. It is Derelict Las Vegas: convenience store, video arcade, laundromat, bar, liquor store, flea market, whorehouse.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).