come down
"come-down" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“come down” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To descend, fall down, collapse.
Corpus desk
Index EN-come-down · come down · English
come down · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | come down |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “come down” in English
Rare enough to double-check
come down is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 10 senses are on record.
come down doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is come down, spelled C-O-M-E- -D-O-W-N.
Definition
- 1To descend, fall down, collapse.
- 2To be demolished.
- 3To decrease.
- 4To reach or release a decision.
- 5To be passed through time.
- 6To return from an elevated state of consciousness (especially when drug-induced) or emotion.
- 7To rain.
- 8To graduate from university, especially an Oxbridge university.
- 9Shortening of of come down the (pike, line, etc.) To be about to happen; to occur; to transpire.
- 10To behave in a particular way.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how come down appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A tree came down and hit me on the head.
After a clap of thunder, down came the rain.
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.