cooldown
/ˈkuːldaʊn/
"cooldown" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cooldown” is uncommon English (frequency #61,388 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,388
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The rest period between sets or workout sessions, when cooling of body temperature may occur.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cooldown · cooldown · English
cooldown · rank #61,388 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,388
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Coraline
Nearest frequency peer: Coraline (+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 “cooldown”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Colston
Colston
38,619 corpus weight
- combi
combi
38,617 corpus weight
- cooldown
cooldown
38,613 corpus weight
- Coraline
Coraline
38,612 corpus weight
- Crayola
Crayola
38,609 corpus weight
- crevasse
crevasse
38,608 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “cooldown” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cooldown |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkuːldaʊn/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #61,388 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cooldown” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cooldown is uncommon English at frequency #61,388 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkuːldaʊn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for cooldown in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Deverbal from cool down. The correct English form is cooldown, spelled C-O-O-L-D-O-W-N.
Definition
- 1The rest period between sets or workout sessions, when cooling of body temperature may occur.
- 2Any rest period between sessions of an activity or event.
- 3Any rest period between sessions of an activity or event.
- 4Any rest period between sessions of an activity or event.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cooldown appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I had to wait for the cooldown to finish before recasting the spell.
Private Terminal: After using a power, you must wait for it to recharge before using it again. Private Terminal: This is called the cooldown period. When a power is in cooldown, its icon is gray. A red icon indicates that the power cannot affect the current target.
Etymology
Deverbal from cool 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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