front door

noun

"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.

Key facts for front door
PropertyValue
Headwordfront door
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “front door” sits in English frequency

front door falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    The door at the main entrance to a building or house, normally fronts onto a street.
  2. 2
    The entire main entrance to a building or house.
  3. 3
    The habitual or designated main entrance to a room that has more than one door.
  4. 4
    The normal portal page to a website.
  5. 5
    The path of a pitch which starts inside and then slides over the plate.
  6. 6
    vagina 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "front door"?
"front door" is spelled F-R-O-N-T- -D-O-O-R.
What does "front door" mean?
As a noun, "front door" means: The door at the main entrance to a building or house, normally fronts onto a street.
What language does "front door" come from?
"front door" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list