deathmatch
/ˈdɛθ.mæt͡ʃ/
"deathmatch" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“deathmatch” is uncommon English (frequency #51,648 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,648
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A competitive mode found in first-person shooter games in which competitors attempt to assassinate one another.
Corpus desk
Index EN-deathmatch · deathmatch · English
deathmatch · rank #51,648 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,648
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH debutante
Nearest frequency peer: debutante (+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 “deathmatch”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- darshan
darshan
48,357 corpus weight
- datum
datum
48,356 corpus weight
- deathmatch
deathmatch
48,353 corpus weight
- debutante
debutante
48,352 corpus weight
- deflector
deflector
48,349 corpus weight
- dehumanizing
dehumanizing
48,348 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “deathmatch” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “deathmatch” in English
Rare enough to double-check
deathmatch is uncommon English at frequency #51,648 among 3,470 “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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how deathmatch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
There are only eight levels but the varied game modes (including time attacks, survivals, team deathmatches, hunts, and sieges) in both single and multi-player keeps things interesting.
The player continued to describe their own experience with deathmatch, explaining sometimes it takes several minutes for the deathmatch to load — meaning by the time they spawn, the game is almost over.
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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