doorbell
/ˈdɔː.bɛl/
"doorbell" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“doorbell” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #27,128. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,128
- frequency rank, English
- 26,416
- “D” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A bell, buzzer, or chime device mounted on or adjacent to a door's exterior, meant to be rung by a visitor to announce one's presence.
Corpus desk
Index EN-doorbell · doorbell · English
doorbell · rank #27,128 · 10 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,128
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 26,416
- PHOTO-FINISH doable
Nearest frequency peer: doable (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “doorbell”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- dilapidated
dilapidated
72,877 corpus weight
- dismissive
dismissive
72,876 corpus weight
- doable
doable
72,874 corpus weight
- doorbell
doorbell
72,873 corpus weight
- drooling
drooling
72,872 corpus weight
- ducking
ducking
72,871 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “doorbell” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | doorbell |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdɔː.bɛl/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #27,128 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “doorbell” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around doorbell (IPA /ˈdɔː.bɛl/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,128 among 26,416 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A bell, buzzer, or chime device mounted on or adjacent to a door's exterior, meant to be rung by a visitor to announce one's presence.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for doorbell, with forms such as "ddoorbell", "doobrell", and "doorbbell". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From door + bell. The correct English form is doorbell, spelled D-O-O-R-B-E-L-L.
Definition
- 1A bell, buzzer, or chime device mounted on or adjacent to a door's exterior, meant to be rung by a visitor to announce one's presence.
Etymology
From door + bell.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddoorbell
- doobrell
- doorbbell
- doorbel
- doorblel
- doorebll
- doorrbell
- dorbell
- dorobell
- odorbell
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of doorbell - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "doorbell", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
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.