beat it
/ˈbiˌdɪt/
"beat-it" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“beat it” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To leave; to go away.
Corpus desk
Index EN-beat-it · beat it · English
beat it · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | beat it |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈbiˌdɪt/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “beat it” in English
Rare enough to double-check
beat it is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈbiˌdɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for beat it in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is beat it, spelled B-E-A-T- -I-T.
Definition
- 1To leave; to go away.
- 2To masturbate.
- 3Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beat, it.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how beat it appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] and he said, "You beat it." So I beat it two squares up to Seventeenth Street and went into a saloon.
Showin' how funky and strong is your fight / It doesn't matter who's wrong or right / Just beat it
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.