markdown
"markdown" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“markdown” is uncommon English (frequency #59,530 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,530
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A reduction in price in order to stimulate sales.
| 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) |
Where “markdown” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
markdown is uncommon English at frequency #59,530 among 36,575 “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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-A-R-K-D-O-W-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.