doorkeeper
/ˈdôr-ˌkē-pər/
"doorkeeper" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“doorkeeper” is uncommon English (frequency #88,287 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,287
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The person in charge of an entryway, sometimes responsible for security in the immediate area around the entryway.
Corpus desk
Index EN-doorkeeper · doorkeeper · English
doorkeeper · rank #88,287 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,287
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH Doogie
Nearest frequency peer: Doogie (-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 “doorkeeper”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- discolourat…
discolouration
11,721 corpus weight
- Donnan
Donnan
11,716 corpus weight
- Doogie
Doogie
11,715 corpus weight
- doorkeeper
doorkeeper
11,714 corpus weight
- Dreamtime
Dreamtime
11,710 corpus weight
- dromedary
dromedary
11,708 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “doorkeeper” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | doorkeeper |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdôr-ˌkē-pər/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #88,287 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “doorkeeper” in English
Rare enough to double-check
doorkeeper is uncommon English at frequency #88,287 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈdôr-ˌkē-pər/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for doorkeeper in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Compound of door + keeper. The correct English form is doorkeeper, spelled D-O-O-R-K-E-E-P-E-R.
Definition
- 1The person in charge of an entryway, sometimes responsible for security in the immediate area around the entryway.
- 2Someone with power to keep others out of some sphere or activity.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how doorkeeper appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Near-synonyms: doorman, concierge, bouncer
The manager at Carnegie Hall was told to get another usher in his stead; the doorkeeper at the theatre was warned not to admit him to the house; and Charley Edwards remorsefully promised the boy's father not to see him again.
Etymology
Compound of door + keeper.
This word in other languages
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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