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- US Pronunciation
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- [spel-doun]
- /ˈspɛlˌdaʊn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [spel-doun]
- /ˈspɛlˌdaʊn/
Definitions of spelldown word
- noun spelldown a spelling competition that begins with all the contestants standing and that ends when all but one, the winner, have been required to sit down due to a specified number of misspellings. 1
- noun spelldown a spelling competition 0
- noun spelldown spelling bee 0
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Origin of spelldown
First appearance:
before 1940 One of the 7% newest English words
1940-45, Americanism; from phrase spell down to outspell others in a spelling match
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Parts of speech for Spelldown
noun
adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
spelldown popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 40% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
spelldown usage trend in Literature
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