tumbledown
"tumbledown" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tumbledown” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In disrepair; poorly maintained.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tumbledown · tumbledown · English
tumbledown · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | tumbledown |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “tumbledown” in English
Rare enough to double-check
tumbledown is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In disrepair; poorly maintained.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tumbledown, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Deverbal from tumble down. The correct English form is tumbledown, spelled T-U-M-B-L-E-D-O-W-N.
Definition
- 1In disrepair; poorly maintained.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tumbledown appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
They lived in a tumbledown shack on the edge of the woods.
The cab pulled up in front of a tumbledown cheap ‘villa’ in an unfinished cheap neighbourhood, — the whole place a living monument of the defeat of the speculative builder.
Etymology
Deverbal from tumble down.
Synonyms
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.