door-frame

noun

"door-frame" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“door-frame” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Alternative form of doorframe.

Key facts for door-frame
PropertyValue
Headworddoor-frame
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “door-frame” sits in English frequency

door-frame falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

door-frame is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of doorframe.".

No misspelling variants are generated for door-frame in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is door-frame, spelled D-O-O-R---F-R-A-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Alternative form of doorframe.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "door-frame"?
"door-frame" is spelled D-O-O-R---F-R-A-M-E.
What does "door-frame" mean?
As a noun, "door-frame" means: Alternative form of doorframe.
What language does "door-frame" come from?
"door-frame" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “door-frame”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is D-O-O-R---F-R-A-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • 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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list