weight down
"weight-down" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“weight 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 place a weight on, attach a weight to, load with a weight; to encumber with a weight.
Corpus desk
Index EN-weight-down · weight down · English
weight 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 "W" 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 | weight down |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “weight down” in English
Rare enough to double-check
weight down is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To place a weight on, attach a weight to, load with a weight; to encumber with a weight.".
Zero misspellings are on record for weight down in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is weight down, spelled W-E-I-G-H-T- -D-O-W-N.
Definition
- 1To place a weight on, attach a weight to, load with a weight; to encumber with a weight.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how weight down appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] the fact is that you can't move fast when you are sodden and mudded from head to foot and weighted down with a heavy rifle and bayonet and a hundred and fifty cartridges.
The orchards of peaches with the lush fruit weighting down the dwarfed trees.
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.