dropdown
adjective, noun
dropdown is spelled D-R-O-P-D-O-W-N: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 75,877th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “drop-down vs dropdown” about 10 times a month (Bing, United States). As an adjective, dropdown means “Dropping down from above; being a specific type of selection control that hides its contents until activated” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in dropdown?
| Letters | 8: D-R-O-P-D-O-W-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 75,877th most frequent word form |
| 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).
How common is dropdown?
Dropdown appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 75,877th 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).
How do you pronounce dropdown?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-dropdown.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with dropdown
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: drop-down (one word or two).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of dropdown
- drop-down
- dropdowns plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dropdown mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Dropping down from above; being a specific type of selection control that hides its contents until activated.
Click the Colours button on the toolbar to show a dropdown menu of available colours.
noun
- 1
An instance of a selection object that hides the contents (especially the other choices) until activated.
That screen is good, but add a couple of dropdowns and it will be perfect.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dropdown in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense computing: dropping down from above:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | déroulant |
| Spanish | desplegable |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does dropdown come from?
Deverbal from drop down.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).