touchdown

\tɔtʃ.dawn\

/\tɔtʃ.dawn\/ noun

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The verdict

“touchdown” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,073. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,073
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Touché : but marqué en possédant le ballon derrière la ligne d’en-but adverse. Il donne six points et le droit à une transformation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-touchdown · touchdown · French

touchdown · rank #38,073 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,073
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH touchaient

Nearest frequency peer: touchaient (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « touchdown »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « touchdown » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for touchdown
PropertyValue
Headwordtouchdown
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tɔtʃ.dawn\
Letters9
Frequency rank#38,073
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « touchdown »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.touchdownse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « touchaient » (#38,072), « trachée » (#38,074), « Tonga » (#38,071). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « touchdown » est au #38,073. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around touchdown (IPA \tɔtʃ.dawn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,073 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Touché : but marqué en possédant le ballon derrière la ligne d’en-but adverse. Il donne six points et le droit à une transformation.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for touchdown, with forms such as "otuchdown", "tocuhdown", and "toucchdown". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is touchdown, spelled T-O-U-C-H-D-O-W-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Touché : but marqué en possédant le ballon derrière la ligne d’en-but adverse. Il donne six points et le droit à une transformation.

Synonyms

touché

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • otuchdown
  • tocuhdown
  • toucchdown
  • toucdhown
  • touchddown
  • touchdonw
  • touchdownn
  • touchdowwn
  • touchdwon
  • touchhdown
  • touchodwn
  • touhcdown
  • ttouchdown
  • tuochdown

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of touchdown - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

otuchdown2tocuhdown2toucchdown1toucdhown2touchddown1touchdonw2touchdownn1touchdowwn1
Edit distance from "touchdown"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "touchdown"?
"touchdown" is spelled T-O-U-C-H-D-O-W-N. The IPA pronunciation is \tɔtʃ.dawn\.
What does "touchdown" mean?
As a noun, "touchdown" means: Touché : but marqué en possédant le ballon derrière la ligne d’en-but adverse. Il donne six points et le droit à une transformation.
What are common misspellings of "touchdown"?
Common misspellings include "otuchdown", "tocuhdown", "toucchdown", "toucdhown", "touchddown". The correct spelling is "touchdown".
How do you pronounce "touchdown"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "touchdown" is \tɔtʃ.dawn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "touchdown" come from?
"touchdown" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "touchdown", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

touchaient14 variantsVictorienne14 variantsstressante14 variantsvinaigrette14 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list