Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

housecleaner

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.16 in modern English

Syllables: house-clean-er
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who cleans a house; especially, someone employed to do it.

Example Sentences

"Diligent Romanians became the strawberry pickers, construction workers and housecleaners of choice, doing jobs that workers in richer neighboring countries no longer wanted."

Etymology

From house + cleaner.

Inflected Forms

housecleaners (plural)

Phrases

clean house

Frequently Paired Words

clean house houseclean

Questions

What does housecleaner mean?: Someone who cleans a house; especially, someone employed to do it.
Where does housecleaner come from?: From house + cleaner.

How to pronounce housecleaner

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