corridor
/ˈkɒɹɪdɔː/
"corridor" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“corridor” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #8,529 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #8,529
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off it, as in a building or in a railway carriage.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | corridor |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɒɹɪdɔː/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #8,529 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “corridor” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for corridor is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈkɒɹɪdɔː/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,529 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for corridor, with forms such as "ccorridor", "coridor", and "corirdor". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French corridor, from Italian corridore (“long passage”) (= corridoio), from correre (“to run”). The correct English form is corridor, spelled C-O-R-R-I-D-O-R.
Definition
- 1A narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off it, as in a building or in a railway carriage.
- 2A restricted tract of land that allows passage between two places.
- 3The covered way lying round the whole compass of the fortifications of a place.
- 4Airspace restricted for the passage of aircraft.
- 5The land near an important road, river, railway line.
Etymology
Borrowed from French corridor, from Italian corridore (“long passage”) (= corridoio), from correre (“to run”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccorridor,coridor,corirdor,corrdior,corriddor,corridorr,corridro,corriodr,croridor,ocrridor
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of corridor - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “corridor”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-R-R-I-D-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkɒɹɪdɔː/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.