downbound
adjective, adverb
downbound is spelled D-O-W-N-B-O-U-N-D: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 87 million words in written English, the 297,763rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, downbound means “Moving in a direction that is considered down, such as downstream or to a lower level” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in downbound?
| Letters | 9: D-O-W-N-B-O-U-N-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 87 million words; the 297,763rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none 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 downbound?
Downbound appears about once in every 87 million words in written English, the 297,763rd 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).
What does downbound mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Moving in a direction that is considered down, such as downstream or to a lower level.
year unknown, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Hearings Of the tonnage downbound, 11,946,000 gross tons was destined to ports on Lake Ontario ...
adverb
- 1
Moving down.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does downbound come from?
From down + -bound.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).