mark down
"mark-down" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mark 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 reduce the price of.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mark-down · mark down · English
mark 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 "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mark down |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “mark down” in English
Rare enough to double-check
mark down is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
mark down doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is mark down, spelled M-A-R-K- -D-O-W-N.
Definition
- 1To reduce the price of.
- 2To write a memorandum about.
- 3To subtract marks or points from, for an error.
- 4To write down.
- 5To draw a conclusion about something; to consider something to be a certain way. (Typically used with as.)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mark down appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The writing is good, but I had to mark you down for failing to cite references.
They could not take what he'd become / and mark him down as free, / and so they trapped him with his dream / and nailed him to a tree.
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.