go down

Name: go down, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

verb

By PlainSpell Editorial Team · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“go down” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency English: 7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.

Key facts for go down
Property	Value
Headword	go down
Language	English
Part of speech	Verb
Letters	7
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “go down” sits in English frequency

go down falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for go down is 7 letters long, classified as a verb. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 17 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for go down, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is go down, spelled G-O- -D-O-W-N.

Definition

1
To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.
2
To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.
3
To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.
4
To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.
5
To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.
6
To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.
7
To be received or accepted.
8
To be received or accepted.
9
To be blamed for something; to be the scapegoat; to go to prison.
10
To be recorded or remembered (as).
11
To take place, happen.
12
To attack another gang.
13
To perform oral sex.
14
To stop functioning, to go offline.
15
To be soundly defeated.
16
To physically leave one's university, either permanently or in some other non-transient sense (such as following the end of term).
17
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, down.

This word in other languages

pasar(Español)descendre(Français)absteigen(Deutsch)descer(Português)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "go down"?

"go down" is spelled G-O- -D-O-W-N.

What does "go down" mean?

As a verb, "go down" means: To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.

What language does "go down" come from?

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Using “go down”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct English spelling is G-O- -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.