farmyard
/ˈfɑɹmˌjɑɹd/
"farmyard" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“farmyard” is uncommon English (frequency #58,685 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,685
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The area of a farm, excluding the fields, usually surrounded by or adjacent to farm buildings.
Corpus desk
Index EN-farmyard · farmyard · English
farmyard · rank #58,685 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,685
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH fajr
Nearest frequency peer: fajr (-3 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 “farmyard”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- extendable
extendable
41,323 corpus weight
- factorizati…
factorization
41,322 corpus weight
- fajr
fajr
41,319 corpus weight
- farmyard
farmyard
41,316 corpus weight
- fetishism
fetishism
41,309 corpus weight
- filmography
filmography
41,308 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “farmyard” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | farmyard |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfɑɹmˌjɑɹd/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #58,685 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “farmyard” in English
Rare enough to double-check
farmyard is uncommon English at frequency #58,685 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈfɑɹmˌjɑɹd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The area of a farm, excluding the fields, usually surrounded by or adjacent to farm buildings.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for farmyard in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From farm + yard. The correct English form is farmyard, spelled F-A-R-M-Y-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1The area of a farm, excluding the fields, usually surrounded by or adjacent to farm buildings.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how farmyard appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Where's Kipper?" I asked, and was surprised to note that Bobbie was dancing round the room on the tips of her toes uttering animal cries, apparently ecstatic in their nature. "Reggie?" she said, suspending the farmyard imitations for a moment.
The farmyard was dark and he tiptoed across it so that the turkeys wouldn't set up their gobbling and flapping.
Etymology
From farm + yard.
Synonyms
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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