doorsill
noun
doorsill is spelled D-O-O-R-S-I-L-L: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 65 million words in written English, the 252,559th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, doorsill means “The horizontal piece of material at the threshold of a doorway; a doorstep” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of doorsill is doorsills.
How many letters and syllables are in doorsill?
| Letters | 8: D-O-O-R-S-I-L-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 65 million words; the 252,559th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is doorsill?
Doorsill appears about once in every 65 million words in written English, the 252,559th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce doorsill?
Doorsill has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of doorsill
- doorsills plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does doorsill mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The horizontal piece of material at the threshold of a doorway; a doorstep.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Doorsill in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense material at the threshold of a doorway:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | barre de seuil |
| German | Türschwelle |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does doorsill come from?
From door + sill.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).