bail out

verb

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"bail-out" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“bail out” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail money.

Corpus desk

Index EN-bail-out · bail out · English

bail out · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "B" 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.

Key facts for bail out
PropertyValue
Headwordbail out
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “bail out” sits in English frequency

bail out falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bail out is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 10 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for bail out in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 bail out, spelled B-A-I-L- -O-U-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail money.
  2. 2
    To remove water from a boat by scooping it out.
  3. 3
    To rescue, especially financially.
  4. 4
    To exit an aircraft while in flight.
  5. 5
    To leave (or not attend at all) a place or a situation, especially quickly or when the situation has become undesirable; to abandon (something).
  6. 6
    To abandon (someone) when that person faces difficulties.
  7. 7
    To sell all or part of one's holdings in stocks, real estate, a business, etc.
  8. 8
    To make an unscheduled voluntary termination of an underwater dive, usually implying the use of an alternative breathing gas supply.
  9. 9
    To fail badly; to fall off a skateboard.
  10. 10
    To abandon one's surfboard when faced with a large or perilous wave.

This word in other languages

achicar(Español)cautionner(Français)freikaufen(Deutsch)

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bail out"?
"bail out" is spelled B-A-I-L- -O-U-T.
What does "bail out" mean?
As a verb, "bail out" means: To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail money.
What language does "bail out" come from?
"bail out" is a English 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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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list