pushdown
adjective, noun
pushdown is spelled P-U-S-H-D-O-W-N: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 155,937th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, pushdown means “Describing a stack in which items are removed in a LIFO manner from the end at which they were added” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in pushdown?
| Letters | 8: P-U-S-H-D-O-W-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 26 million words; the 155,937th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is pushdown?
Pushdown appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 155,937th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce pushdown?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-pushdown.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of pushdown
- pushdowns plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pushdown mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Describing a stack in which items are removed in a LIFO manner from the end at which they were added.
- 2
Used by being pushed down.
noun
- 1
A pushdown automaton.
- 2
The relegation of the transformation or processing of data to the originating datasource.
filter pushdown
- 3
An exercise that requires one to push weight downward.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does pushdown come from?
From push + down; by analogy with a spring-loaded stack of plates in a cafeteria.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).