corridor
cor·ri·dor/ˈkɒɹɪdɔː/noun
corridor is spelled C-O-R-R-I-D-O-R: 8 letters and 3 syllables (cor·ri·dor). It appears 7.6 times per million words in written English, the 8,542nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, corridor means “A narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off it, as in a building or in a railway carriage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of corridor is corridors.
How many letters and syllables are in corridor?
| Letters | 8: C-O-R-R-I-D-O-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: cor·ri·dor |
| In writing | 7.6 times per million words; the 8,542nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is corridor?
Corridor appears 7.6 times per million words in written English, the 8,542nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce corridor?
- UK /ˈkɒɹɪdɔː/
- UK /-də/
- British /ˈkɔɹɪdoː/
Corridor has 3 syllables, split cor·ri·dor in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-corridor.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-corridor.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of corridor
- corridors plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does corridor mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off it, as in a building or in a railway carriage.
- 2
A restricted tract of land that allows passage between two places.
- 3
rareThe covered way lying round the whole compass of the fortifications of a place.
- 4
Airspace restricted for the passage of aircraft.
- 5
The land near an important road, river, railway line.
Main Street corridor
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Corridor in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | couloir, corridor , couloir aérien |
| German | Korridor, Gang, Durchgang, Flur, Diele |
| Portuguese | corredor , corredor aéreo |
| Spanish | corredor, andador , pasillo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does corridor come from?
Borrowed from French corridor, from Italian corridore (“long passage”) (= corridoio), from correre (“to run”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).