jump down

verb

"jump-down" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“jump down” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To leave an elevated position to a lower position by one jump.

Corpus desk

Index EN-jump-down · jump down · English

jump down · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "J" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for jump down
PropertyValue
Headwordjump down
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “jump down” in English

jump downsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

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

Rare enough to double-check

jump down is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To leave an elevated position to a lower position by one jump.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for jump down, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is jump down, spelled J-U-M-P- -D-O-W-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    To leave an elevated position to a lower position by one jump.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how jump down appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. I jumped down the small flight of stairs.

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 "jump down"?
"jump down" is spelled J-U-M-P- -D-O-W-N.
What does "jump down" mean?
As a verb, "jump down" means: To leave an elevated position to a lower position by one jump.
What language does "jump down" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list