teardown
"teardown" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“teardown” is uncommon English (frequency #75,473 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,473
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A well-maintained structure purchased and torn down to make way for a new structure.
Corpus desk
Index EN-teardown · teardown · English
teardown · rank #75,473 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,473
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH techy
Nearest frequency peer: techy (+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 “teardown”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Tanna
Tanna
24,532 corpus weight
- Tatarstan
Tatarstan
24,530 corpus weight
- teardown
teardown
24,528 corpus weight
- techy
techy
24,527 corpus weight
- telecommuti…
telecommuting
24,526 corpus weight
- telephonic
telephonic
24,525 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “teardown” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | teardown |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #75,473 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “teardown” in English
Rare enough to double-check
teardown is uncommon English at frequency #75,473 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for teardown in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword 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 tear down. The correct English form is teardown, spelled T-E-A-R-D-O-W-N.
Definition
- 1A well-maintained structure purchased and torn down to make way for a new structure.
- 2The process of opening and disassembling a device to inspect, showcase, or refurbish its components.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how teardown appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The downtown redevelopment involved numerous teardowns.
Architect and clients also agreed that a teardown wasn’t an option.
Etymology
Deverbal from tear down.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).