down time
noun
down time is spelled D-O-W-N-T-I-M-E: 8 letters. People search “down-time vs downtime” about 30 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, down time means “Alternative form of downtime” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of down time is down times or down-times.
How many letters and syllables are in down time?
| Letters | 8: D-O-W-N-T-I-M-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | a phrase: the frequency list counts single words |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people 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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
Words people confuse with down time
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: downtime (one word or two).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of down time
- down times plural
- down-times plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does down time mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative form of downtime.
noun
- 1
Alternative form of downtime.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).