catch sight of
"catch-sight-of" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“catch sight of” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - to see for a brief period; to get a glimpse of
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | catch sight of |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “catch sight of” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
catch sight of is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "to see for a brief period; to get a glimpse of".
No misspelling variants are generated for catch sight of in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is catch sight of, spelled C-A-T-C-H- -S-I-G-H-T- -O-F.
Definition
- 1to see for a brief period; to get a glimpse of
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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 “catch sight of”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-A-T-C-H- -S-I-G-H-T- -O-F - 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.