wolf down
"wolf-down" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“wolf 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
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To consume (food) quickly or greedily, without regard for table manners.
Corpus desk
Index EN-wolf-down · wolf down · English
wolf down · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | wolf down |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “wolf down” in English
Rare enough to double-check
wolf down is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To consume (food) quickly or greedily, without regard for table manners.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for wolf down in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is wolf down, spelled W-O-L-F- -D-O-W-N.
Definition
- 1To consume (food) quickly or greedily, without regard for table manners.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wolf down appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He wolfed down a ham sandwich.
Carefully choosing a seat that gave him a good view of the action in the lobby, he started a non-stop barrage of questions as he wolfed down cups of coffee.
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.