laydown
noun, adjective
laydown is spelled L-A-Y-D-O-W-N: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 171,907th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, laydown means “The act of laying something down” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of laydown is laydowns.
How many letters and syllables are in laydown?
| Letters | 7: L-A-Y-D-O-W-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 32 million words; the 171,907th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in 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).
How common is laydown?
Laydown appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 171,907th 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 laydown?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-laydown.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of laydown
- laydowns plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does laydown mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of laying something down.
- 2
A physical mockup or layout of a page design.
- 3
A pattern of deployment.
- 4
A hand which is so strong that the declarer can simply expose it and claim the number of tricks required by his or her contract.
- 5
A tree fallen in water, where anglers might target fish.
adjective
- 1
Of packaging: designed to lie flat rather than stand upright.
- 2
Of (usually nuclear) bomb delivery: designed to land the bomb on the ground and wait for some time before detonation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does laydown come from?
Deverbal from lay down.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).