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 May 6, 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | carry-out |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “carry-out” sits in English frequency
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.
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.
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Using “carry-out”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-A-R-R-Y---O-U-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.