carry-out
"carry-out" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“carry-out” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A command that exports a carry (bit or digit that is carried in an addition operation) from the current column of an addition operation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-carry-out · carry-out · English
carry-out · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | carry-out |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “carry-out” in English
Rare enough to double-check
carry-out is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for carry-out in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Deverbal from carry out. The correct English form is carry-out, spelled C-A-R-R-Y---O-U-T.
Definition
- 1A command that exports a carry (bit or digit that is carried in an addition operation) from the current column of an addition operation.
- 2Alternative spelling of carryout.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how carry-out appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A simpler scheme is to connect the carry-ins and carry-outs of the units in a ripple chain. This approach is most common in chip design because the wiring for the carry-lookahead tree is hard to design and area-consuming.
Etymology
Deverbal from carry out.
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.