lowdown
"lowdown" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lowdown” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #45,490. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,490
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - inside information, the story or truth.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lowdown · lowdown · English
lowdown · rank #45,490 · 11 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #45,490
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH Loudon
Nearest frequency peer: Loudon (-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 “lowdown”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- liven
liven
54,515 corpus weight
- Lombardo
Lombardo
54,514 corpus weight
- Loudon
Loudon
54,512 corpus weight
- lowdown
lowdown
54,511 corpus weight
- loy
loy
54,510 corpus weight
- Lucca
Lucca
54,507 corpus weight
What this shows “lowdown” 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 | lowdown |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #45,490 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “lowdown”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around lowdown, anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,490 among 2,297 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for lowdown, with forms such as "llowdown", "lodwown", and "lowddown". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "London", "Loudon", "letdown", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Compound adjective of low + down in the sense of "humble" recorded in the 1540s, in the sense of "vulgar, far down the social scale" in 1888. Recorded as a noun in 1915 in the slang sense of secret or inside information. The correct English form is lowdown, spelled L-O-W-D-O-W-N.
Definition
- 1inside information, the story or truth.
- 2A lowlife, a despicable person.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lowdown appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
All the reporters hoped to be the first to get the lowdown on the celebrity's marriage plans.
here's the lowdown
Etymology
Compound adjective of low + down in the sense of "humble" recorded in the 1540s, in the sense of "vulgar, far down the social scale" in 1888. Recorded as a noun in 1915 in the slang sense of secret or inside information.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- llowdown
- lodwown
- lowddown
- lowdonw
- lowdownn
- lowdowwn
- lowdwon
- lowodwn
- lowwdown
- lwodown
- olwdown
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lowdown - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "lowdown", 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).