curtilage
curt·il·age/ˈkɜɹtəlɪd͡ʒ/noun
curtilage is spelled C-U-R-T-I-L-A-G-E: 9 letters and 3 syllables (curt·il·age). It appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 127,184th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, curtilage means “A small piece of land, such as a garth or yard with the buildings and structures on it, immediately surrounding a dwelling house and legally regarded…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of curtilage is curtilages.
How many letters and syllables are in curtilage?
| Letters | 9: C-U-R-T-I-L-A-G-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: curt·il·age |
| In writing | about once in every 18 million words; the 127,184th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is curtilage?
Curtilage appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 127,184th 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 curtilage?
- UK /ˈkɜːtɪlɪd͡ʒ/
- US /ˈkɜɹtəlɪd͡ʒ/
- US [-ɾə-]
Curtilage has 3 syllables, split curt·il·age in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-curtilage.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-curtilage.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with curtilage?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as curtilage (/ɜɹtəlɪdʒ/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: graticule.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of curtilage
- curtilages plural
- courtlage
- courtledge
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does curtilage mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small piece of land, such as a garth or yard with the buildings and structures on it, immediately surrounding a dwelling house and legally regarded as part of its property; originally, such areas were enclosed by a fence or wall.
Coordinate term: messuage
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does curtilage come from?
Inherited from Middle English courtelage, curtilage, curtylage (“vegetable garden; croft; gardening, farming”), from Anglo-Norman curtilage, from Old French cortillage, courtillage (modern French courtillage (obsolete); compare Medieval Latin cortilagium, curtilagium), from cortil, cortill (“small court, garth”) + -age (suffix denoting a relationship with a place).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).