dooryard
noun
dooryard is spelled D-O-O-R-Y-A-R-D: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 48 million words in written English, the 214,628th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dooryard means “the yard near the front or back door of a house” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dooryard is dooryards.
How many letters and syllables are in dooryard?
| Letters | 8: D-O-O-R-Y-A-R-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 48 million words; the 214,628th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is dooryard?
Dooryard appears about once in every 48 million words in written English, the 214,628th 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).
Forms of dooryard
- dooryards plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dooryard mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
the yard near the front or back door of a house
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does dooryard come from?
From door + yard.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).