drop off
"drop-off" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“drop off” 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 September 3, 2026) - To fall asleep.
Corpus desk
Index EN-drop-off · drop off · English
drop off · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | drop off |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “drop off” in English
Rare enough to double-check
drop off is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 8 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for drop off, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 drop off, spelled D-R-O-P- -O-F-F.
Definition
- 1To fall asleep.
- 2To deliver; to deposit or leave; to allow passengers to alight.
- 3To fall off:
- 4To fall off:
- 5To end a connection with a telephone queue, either by hanging up or after being served or processed.
- 6To lessen or reduce.
- 7To die.
- 8To abandon or give up on (something); to be abandoned or given up on.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how drop off appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
After two glasses of whiskey, Tom soon dropped off in front of the television.
And when the Boy dropped off to sleep, the Rabbit would snuggle down close under his little warm chin and dream, with the Boy's hands clasped close round him all night long.
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.