teardown
"teardown" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“teardown” is an uncommon English word, ranked #75,473 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #75,473
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A well-maintained structure purchased and torn down to make way for a new structure.
| 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) |
Where “teardown” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for teardown is 8 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #75,473 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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.
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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Using “teardown”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-E-A-R-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.