doorframe
/ˈdɔːˌfɹeɪm/
"doorframe" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“doorframe” is uncommon English (frequency #91,437 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,437
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The frame into which a door is fitted.
Corpus desk
Index EN-doorframe · doorframe · English
doorframe · rank #91,437 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,437
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH dotes
Nearest frequency peer: dotes (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “doorframe”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Doctorow
Doctorow
8,569 corpus weight
- Domhnall
Domhnall
8,566 corpus weight
- doorframe
doorframe
8,564 corpus weight
- dotes
dotes
8,563 corpus weight
- doubler
doubler
8,562 corpus weight
- doujinshi
doujinshi
8,561 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “doorframe” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | doorframe |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdɔːˌfɹeɪm/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #91,437 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “doorframe” in English
Rare enough to double-check
doorframe is uncommon English at frequency #91,437 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈdɔːˌfɹeɪm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The frame into which a door is fitted.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for doorframe, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From door + frame. The correct English form is doorframe, spelled D-O-O-R-F-R-A-M-E.
Definition
- 1The frame into which a door is fitted.
Etymology
From door + frame.
Synonyms
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.
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