# door

> English word · Noun · IPA /do(ː)ɹ/ · frequency rank #869

## Definitions
1. A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. It may have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold it closed, and a lock that ensures it cannot be opened without a key.
2. A building with a door, especially a house.
3. Any flap, etc. that opens like a door.
4. An entry point.
5. A means of approach or access.
6. A possibility.
7. A barrier.
8. A software mechanism by which a user can interact with a program running remotely on a bulletin board system. See BBS door.
9. The proceeds from entrance fees and/or ticket sales at a venue such as a bar or nightclub, especially in relation to portion paid to the entertainers.

## Etymology
From Middle English dore, dor, from Old English duru (“door”), dor (“gate”), from Proto-West Germanic *dur, from Proto-Germanic *durz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwṓr, from *dʰwer- (“doorway, door, gate”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots door (“door”), Saterland Frisian Doore (“door”), West Frisian doar (“door”), Dutch deur (“door”), German Low German Door, Döör (“door”), German Tür (“door”), Tor (“gate”), Danish, Norn, and Norwegian dør (“door”), Faroese and Icelandic dyr (“door”), Asturian, Aragonese, and Spanish fuera (“outside”), Catalan, Leonese, and Portuguese fora (“outside”), French hors (“outside”), Galician fóra (“outside”), Italian fuori (“outside”), Mirandese fuora (“outside”), Latin foris and foras (“outside”), Ancient Greek θύρα (thúra), Albanian derë (“door”), Central Kurdish دەرگە (derge, “door”), Northern Kurdish derî (“door”), Persian در (dar, “door”), Belarusian дзве́ры (dzvjéry, “door”), Bulgarian две́ри (dvéri, “royal doors”), Czech dveře (“door”), Latvian durvis (“door”), Lithuanian durys (“door”), Macedonian двер (dver, “door”), Polish drzwi (“door”), Russian дверь (dverʹ), Serbo-Croatian dvȇri (“door”), dvar (“door”), Ukrainian две́рі (dvéri, “door”), Hindi द्वार (dvār, “door”), Armenian դուռ (duṙ, “door”), Irish doras (“door”), Sanskrit द्वार (dvāra, “door”).
Despite similarities in spelling, not cognate with Dutch door, which is instead cognate with English through.

## Easily confused with
- **Dr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/door-vs-dr)
- **duo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/door-vs-duo)
- **dot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/door-vs-dot)
- **DOS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/door-vs-dos)
- **dow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/door-vs-dow)
- **dor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/door-vs-dor)
- **dur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/door-vs-dur)
- **dox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/door-vs-dox)
- **down** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/door-vs-down)
- **drop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/door-vs-drop)
- **dose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/door-vs-dose)
- **Doug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/door-vs-doug)
- **dope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/door-vs-dope)
- **dots** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/door-vs-dots)
- **dove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/door-vs-dove)
- **dorm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/door-vs-dorm)
- **Dora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/door-vs-dora)
- **dyer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/door-vs-dyer)
- **doth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/door-vs-doth)
- **dork** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/door-vs-dork)

## Common misspellings (3)
`ddoor`, `doorr`, `doro`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/door