Drop down or dropdown?
drop down is an adjective meaning “Alternative form of dropdown”; dropdown is an adjective meaning “Dropping down from above; being a specific type of selection control that hides…”. drop down is written as two words and dropdown as one word; they are used differently.
What is the difference between drop down and dropdown?
| drop down | dropdown | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | adjective, noun, verb | adjective, noun |
| Meaning | To sail, move, or row down a coast, or down a river to the sea Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drop, down | Dropping down from above; being a specific type of selection control that hides its contents until activated An instance of a selection object that hides the contents (especially the other choices) until activated |
| Example | The glass bottle dropped down to the ground where it shattered | Click the Colours button on the toolbar to show a dropdown menu of available colours |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | not recorded |
| In writing | not counted (the list counts single words) | about once in every 6 million words |
Sources: drop down and dropdown 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 drop down and dropdown
drop down
- 1
Alternative form of dropdown
- 2
Alternative form of dropdown
- 3
To sail, move, or row down a coast, or down a river to the sea
- 4
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drop, down
The glass bottle dropped down to the ground where it shattered
dropdown
- 1
Dropping down from above; being a specific type of selection control that hides its contents until activated
Click the Colours button on the toolbar to show a dropdown menu of available colours
- 2
An instance of a selection object that hides the contents (especially the other choices) until activated
That screen is good, but add a couple of dropdowns and it will be perfect
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, drop down or dropdown?
drop down is a phrase, which the list of single words does not count; dropdown about once in every 6 million words.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How many people search drop down vs dropdown?
“drop down vs dropdown” is searched about 10 times a month on Bing (Google reports it together with close variants, so it has no figure of its own) in the United States.
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