markdown
"markdown" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“markdown” is uncommon English (frequency #59,530 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,530
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A reduction in price in order to stimulate sales.
Corpus desk
Index EN-markdown · markdown · English
markdown · rank #59,530 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,530
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Mariko
Nearest frequency peer: Mariko (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “markdown”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Maplewood
Maplewood
40,474 corpus weight
- Marciano
Marciano
40,473 corpus weight
- Mariko
Mariko
40,472 corpus weight
- markdown
markdown
40,471 corpus weight
- marmot
marmot
40,470 corpus weight
- Matsui
Matsui
40,469 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “markdown” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | markdown |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #59,530 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “markdown” in English
Rare enough to double-check
markdown is uncommon English at frequency #59,530 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A reduction in price in order to stimulate sales.".
markdown has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Deverbal from mark down. The computing sense is a pun on markup (language). The correct English form is markdown, spelled M-A-R-K-D-O-W-N.
Definition
- 1A reduction in price in order to stimulate sales.
Etymology
Deverbal from mark down. The computing sense is a pun on markup (language).
This word in other languages
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).