Dead pool or deadpool?
dead pool is a noun meaning “A game of prediction or gambling that involves guessing when people, typically…”; deadpool is a noun meaning “Alternative form of dead pool (“a point at which a reservoir no longer has…”. dead pool is written as two words and deadpool as one word; they are used differently.
What is the difference between dead pool and deadpool?
| dead pool | deadpool | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun | noun, verb |
| Meaning | A game of prediction or gambling that involves guessing when people, typically celebrities, will die The point at which a reservoir no longer has enough water to flow downstream of its dam, at which point (for example) a dam's turbines are no longer able to… | informalOf a company or project, to fail, to shut down, or to go bankrupt |
| Example | none recorded | none recorded |
| Forms | none | deadpools |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | not recorded |
| In writing | not counted (the list counts single words) | 1.7 times per million words |
Sources: dead pool and deadpool in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of dead pool and deadpool
dead pool
- 1
A game of prediction or gambling that involves guessing when people, typically celebrities, will die
- 2
The point at which a reservoir no longer has enough water to flow downstream of its dam, at which point (for example) a dam's turbines are no longer able to generate power
deadpool
- 1
Alternative form of dead pool (“a point at which a reservoir no longer has enough water”)
- 2
informalOf a company or project, to fail, to shut down, or to go bankrupt
- 3
Alternative form of dead pool (“a game of predicting when people will die”)
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, dead pool or deadpool?
dead pool is a phrase, which the list of single words does not count; deadpool 1.7 times per million words.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).