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deadfall

dead·fall/ˈdɛdfɑl/noun

deadfall is spelled D-E-A-D-F-A-L-L: 8 letters and 2 syllables (dead·fall). It appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 133,440th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, deadfall means “Coarse woody debris; deadwood” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of deadfall is deadfalls.

How many letters and syllables are in deadfall?

Letters8: D-E-A-D-F-A-L-L
Syllables2: dead·fall
In writingabout once in every 19 million words; the 133,440th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is deadfall?

Deadfall appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 133,440th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce deadfall?

  • UK /ˈdɛdfɔːl/
  • US /ˈdɛdfɑl/

Deadfall has 2 syllables, split dead·fall in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-deadfall.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of deadfall

  • deadfalls plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does deadfall mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    CanadaUSCoarse woody debris; deadwood.

  2. 2

    CanadaUSA fallen tree.

  3. 3

    CanadaUSA kind of trap for animals, consisting of a heavy board or log that falls on to the prey.

  4. 4

    USslangA cheap, rough bar or saloon.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Deadfall in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchchablis (fallen tree), piège assommoir (trap consisting of a heavy object that falls on…)
Portuguesemundéu (trap consisting of a heavy object that falls on…)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does deadfall come from?

From dead + fall.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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