front door
"front-door" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“front door” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The door at the main entrance to a building or house, normally fronts onto a street.
Corpus desk
Index EN-front-door · front door · English
front door · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | front door |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “front door” in English
Rare enough to double-check
front door is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for front door in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is front door, spelled F-R-O-N-T- -D-O-O-R.
Definition
- 1The door at the main entrance to a building or house, normally fronts onto a street.
- 2The entire main entrance to a building or house.
- 3The habitual or designated main entrance to a room that has more than one door.
- 4The normal portal page to a website.
- 5The path of a pitch which starts inside and then slides over the plate.
- 6vagina or penis, as a means of sexual intercourse, contrasted with the anus or "back door"
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how front door appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
You'll find a light switch inside the front door on the left.
Calpurnia appeared in the front door and yelled, “Lemonade time! You all get in outa that hot sun ‘fore you fry alive!” Lemonade in the middle of the morning was a summertime ritual. Calpurnia set a pitcher and three glasses on the porch, then went about her business. Being out of Jem’s good graces did not worry me especially. Lemonade would restore his g…
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.