down with
"down-with" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“down with” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Expressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against a person, organization, practice, belief, etc., typically in a public protest.
Corpus desk
Index EN-down-with · down with · English
down with · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | down with |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “down with” in English
Rare enough to double-check
down with is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Expressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against a person, organization, practice, belief, etc., typically in a public protest.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for down with, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is down with, spelled D-O-W-N- -W-I-T-H.
Definition
- 1Expressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against a person, organization, practice, belief, etc., typically in a public protest.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how down with appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Down with the government!
The fugitives passed by his horse, through the group of the generals, through the foot guards, on the way towards Sedan with the cry, "Everyone for himself! All is lost! All is finished! Down with the Emperor — down with the generals who have betrayed us! On, on!"
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.