letdown
"letdown" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“letdown” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #44,304. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,304
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of let-down.
Corpus desk
Index EN-letdown · letdown · English
letdown · rank #44,304 · 11 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #44,304
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH Lewinsky
Nearest frequency peer: Lewinsky (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “letdown”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Leavitt
Leavitt
55,701 corpus weight
- letdown
letdown
55,697 corpus weight
- Lewinsky
Lewinsky
55,696 corpus weight
- libretto
libretto
55,695 corpus weight
- lidar
lidar
55,694 corpus weight
- lipoprotein
lipoprotein
55,693 corpus weight
What this shows “letdown” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | letdown |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #44,304 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “letdown”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around letdown, anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,304 among 2,297 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Alternative form of let-down.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for letdown, with forms such as "eltdown", "ledtown", and "letddown". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "lowdown", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Deverbal from let down. The correct English form is letdown, spelled L-E-T-D-O-W-N.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of let-down.
Etymology
Deverbal from let down.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eltdown
- ledtown
- letddown
- letdonw
- letdownn
- letdowwn
- letdwon
- letodwn
- lettdown
- lletdown
- ltedown
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of letdown - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "letdown", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).