simmer down
"simmer-down" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“simmer 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
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To decrease in intensity of anger, agitation, or excitement.
Corpus desk
Index EN-simmer-down · simmer down · English
simmer down · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | simmer down |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “simmer down” in English
Rare enough to double-check
simmer down is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To decrease in intensity of anger, agitation, or excitement.".
No misspelling variants are generated for simmer down in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is simmer down, spelled S-I-M-M-E-R- -D-O-W-N.
Definition
- 1To decrease in intensity of anger, agitation, or excitement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how simmer down appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
You need to simmer down and stop yelling at me.
It took a while for the heated debate to simmer down and for people to start listening to each other.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.