# churchyard

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈt͡ʃɝt͡ʃ.jɑɹd/ · frequency rank #31,916

## Definitions
1. A patch of land adjoining a church, often used as a graveyard.

## Etymology
From Middle English churchyard, chirch-ȝerd, chircheȝerd (also kirk-ȝerd, kirkeyard > English kirkyard), equivalent to church + yard. Compare also Middle English kurk-garth, kyrkgarth, kirrkegærd, from Old Norse kirkjugarðr (“churchyard; graveyard”). Replaced Middle English chirchetoun from Old English ċirictūn (churchtown).

## Common misspellings (17)
`cchurchyard`, `chhurchyard`, `chruchyard`, `chucrhyard`, `churcchyard`, `churchayrd`, `churchhyard`, `churchyadr`, `churchyardd`, `churchyarrd`, `churchyrad`, `churchyyard`, `churcyhard`, `churhcyard`, `churrchyard`, `cuhrchyard`, `hcurchyard`

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