strike down
"strike-down" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“strike 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 kill (someone or something); to cause to die suddenly.
Corpus desk
Index EN-strike-down · strike down · English
strike 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 | strike down |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “strike down” in English
Rare enough to double-check
strike down is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for strike down, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 strike down, spelled S-T-R-I-K-E- -D-O-W-N.
Definition
- 1To kill (someone or something); to cause to die suddenly.
- 2To knock down.
- 3To prostrate by illness.
- 4To invalidate (a law, statute etc.)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how strike down appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
God will strike you down!
May the Lord strike down those sinners!
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.