# touchdown

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtʌt͡ʃ.daʊn/ · frequency rank #7,626

## Definitions
1. A six-point score occurring when the ball enters possession of a team's player in the opponent's end zone.
2. A defensive action of grounding the ball in the team's own in-goal to stop the play.
3. A try (scoring play of grounding the ball in the opposing team's in-goal).
4. The moment when an aircraft or spacecraft makes first or final contact with the ground during a landing.
5. The moment of contact of a tornado with the ground.

## Etymology
From touch + down.

## Common misspellings (14)
`otuchdown`, `tocuhdown`, `toucchdown`, `toucdhown`, `touchddown`, `touchdonw`, `touchdownn`, `touchdowwn`, `touchdwon`, `touchhdown`, `touchodwn`, `touhcdown`, `ttouchdown`, `tuochdown`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/touchdown