deathmatch
/ˈdɛθ.mæt͡ʃ/
"deathmatch" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“deathmatch” is uncommon English (frequency #51,648 among 26,416 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,648
- frequency rank, English
- 26,416
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A competitive mode found in first-person shooter games in which competitors attempt to assassinate one another.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | deathmatch |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdɛθ.mæt͡ʃ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #51,648 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “deathmatch” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
deathmatch is uncommon English at frequency #51,648 among 26,416 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈdɛθ.mæt͡ʃ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A competitive mode found in first-person shooter games in which competitors attempt to assassinate one another.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for deathmatch in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From death + match. The correct English form is deathmatch, spelled D-E-A-T-H-M-A-T-C-H.
Definition
- 1A competitive mode found in first-person shooter games in which competitors attempt to assassinate one another.
Etymology
From death + match.
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); 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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Using “deathmatch”
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- The one correct English spelling is D-E-A-T-H-M-A-T-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.