doormat
/ˈdɔːˌmæt/
"doormat" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“doormat” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #44,173. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,173
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A coarse mat at the entrance to a house, upon which one wipes one's shoes.
Corpus desk
Index EN-doormat · doormat · English
doormat · rank #44,173 · 10 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #44,173
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH doorknob
Nearest frequency peer: doorknob (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “doormat”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- dob
dob
55,831 corpus weight
- doer
doer
55,830 corpus weight
- doorknob
doorknob
55,829 corpus weight
- doormat
doormat
55,828 corpus weight
- downsize
downsize
55,827 corpus weight
- dragoon
dragoon
55,825 corpus weight
What this shows “doormat” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | doormat |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdɔːˌmæt/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #44,173 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “doormat”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around doormat (IPA /ˈdɔːˌmæt/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,173 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for doormat, with forms such as "ddoormat", "doomrat", and "dooramt". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "doorway", "dormant", "doorman", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From door + mat. The correct English form is doormat, spelled D-O-O-R-M-A-T.
Definition
- 1A coarse mat at the entrance to a house, upon which one wipes one's shoes.
- 2Someone who is overly submissive to others' wishes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how doormat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wipe your shoes on the doormat before you start plodding around in the house.
Mr. Simpson adds that the station at Stanmore appears practically unchanged from the time of its opening, even to the L.N.W.R. rubber doormat, which "shows no signs of wearing out."
Etymology
From door + mat.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddoormat
- doomrat
- dooramt
- doormatt
- doormmat
- doormta
- doorrmat
- dormat
- doromat
- odormat
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of doormat - 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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "doormat", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).