courtyard
/ˈkɔɹt.jɑɹd/noun
courtyard is spelled C-O-U-R-T-Y-A-R-D: 9 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 4.5 times per million words in written English, the 12,045th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, courtyard means “An area, open to the sky, partially or wholly surrounded by walls or buildings” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of courtyard is courtyards.
How many letters and syllables are in courtyard?
| Letters | 9: C-O-U-R-T-Y-A-R-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.5 times per million words; the 12,045th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is courtyard?
Courtyard appears 4.5 times per million words in written English, the 12,045th 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 courtyard?
- US /ˈkɔɹt.jɑɹd/
- UK /ˈkɔːt.jɑːd/
Courtyard has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-courtyard.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of courtyard
- courtyards plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does courtyard mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An area, open to the sky, partially or wholly surrounded by walls or buildings.
She sat in the courtyard, enjoying the garden.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Courtyard in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense unroofed walled area:
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 courtyard come from?
From court + yard.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).