face-down
"face-down" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“face-down” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - In a manner such that the face, front, or surface which is normally directed forward for viewing is positioned downward.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | face-down |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “face-down” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
face-down is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In a manner such that the face, front, or surface which is normally directed forward for viewing is positioned downward.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for face-down in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is face-down, spelled F-A-C-E---D-O-W-N.
Definition
- 1In a manner such that the face, front, or surface which is normally directed forward for viewing is positioned downward.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “face-down”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is F-A-C-E---D-O-W-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.