drawdown
"drawdown" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“drawdown” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #45,897 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #45,897
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The act of reduction or depletion (including through withdrawal or utilization).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | drawdown |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #45,897 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “drawdown” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for drawdown is 8 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #45,897 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for drawdown, with forms such as "darwdown", "ddrawdown", and "dradwown". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Deverbal from draw down. The correct English form is drawdown, spelled D-R-A-W-D-O-W-N.
Definition
- 1The act of reduction or depletion (including through withdrawal or utilization).
- 2The act of reduction or depletion (including through withdrawal or utilization).
- 3The act of reduction or depletion (including through withdrawal or utilization).
- 4The result of reduction, utilization, or depletion.
- 5(A measure of) the decline from a historical peak in some economic or financial variable.
- 6The process of a bank releasing previously agreed loan amount to the borrower, hence making it available for them to use.
- 7The borrowing of funds from a financial institution, under the terms of a credit agreement.
Etymology
Deverbal from draw down.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: darwdown,ddrawdown,dradwown,drawddown,drawdonw,drawdownn,drawdowwn,drawdwon,drawodwn,drawwdown,drrawdown,drwadown,rdawdown
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of drawdown - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “drawdown”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-R-A-W-D-O-W-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.