front door
"front-door" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“front door” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The door at the main entrance to a building or house, normally fronts onto a street.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | front door |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “front door” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for front door is 10 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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"
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.
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Using “front door”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is F-R-O-N-T- -D-O-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.