downstate
"downstate" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“downstate” is uncommon English (frequency #66,622 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,622
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The southern region of certain US states, particularly Michigan, New York, and Illinois.
Corpus desk
Index EN-downstate · downstate · English
downstate · rank #66,622 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,622
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH docent
Nearest frequency peer: docent (-2 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 “downstate”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- discernable
discernable
33,385 corpus weight
- Dobie
Dobie
33,382 corpus weight
- docent
docent
33,381 corpus weight
- downstate
downstate
33,379 corpus weight
- dramatize
dramatize
33,377 corpus weight
- Dungeness
Dungeness
33,375 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “downstate” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | downstate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #66,622 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “downstate” in English
Rare enough to double-check
downstate is uncommon English at frequency #66,622 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for downstate, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From down + state. The correct English form is downstate, spelled D-O-W-N-S-T-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1The southern region of certain US states, particularly Michigan, New York, and Illinois.
- 2A period during sleep when somebody is not primed and not ready to learn.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how downstate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The final election returns from downstate may not be available until late Wednesday morning.
Etymology
From down + state.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).