comedown
"comedown" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“comedown” is uncommon English (frequency #79,400 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,400
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A sudden drop to a lower status, condition or level; a disappointment or letdown.
Corpus desk
Index EN-comedown · comedown · English
comedown · rank #79,400 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,400
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH colophon
Nearest frequency peer: colophon (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “comedown”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Colfer
Colfer
20,604 corpus weight
- colonizer
colonizer
20,603 corpus weight
- colophon
colophon
20,602 corpus weight
- comedown
comedown
20,601 corpus weight
- compleat
compleat
20,598 corpus weight
- compositor
compositor
20,597 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “comedown” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | comedown |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #79,400 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “comedown” in English
Rare enough to double-check
comedown is uncommon English at frequency #79,400 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for comedown, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: A deverbal from come down. The correct English form is comedown, spelled C-O-M-E-D-O-W-N.
Definition
- 1A sudden drop to a lower status, condition or level; a disappointment or letdown.
- 2A calm, mellow, or depressive period experienced after the (initial) high from taking drugs.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how comedown appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He had two subjects of conversation, the shame and come-down of being a tramp, and the best way of getting a free meal.
I have to say it again, my Dearest Friend. What a wonderful Comedown for the Godhead! What a wonderful Comeuppance for Humankind! That’s because You, Lord God, Creator, Bellows Maker of All That Breathes, deigned to come to my hovel of a soul; once there, to fatten up the leanness of my soul with the plumpitude of Your Sacrament; that’s to say, with the p…
Etymology
A deverbal from come down.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).