/ Dictionary / Index S spelldown: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: spell•down Pronunciation: (spel'doun"), [key] — n. 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. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: spelldown (Thesaurus) spell checker speller Related Content Daily Word Quiz: neologism Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language