drop off
verb
drop off is spelled D-R-O-P-O-F-F: 7 letters. People search “drop-off vs dropoff” about 110 times a month (Google, United States). As a verb, drop off means “To fall asleep” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in drop off?
| Letters | 7: D-R-O-P-O-F-F |
|---|---|
| In writing | a phrase: the frequency list counts single words |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you pronounce drop off?
- Australia
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-drop_off.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with drop off
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: dropoff (one word or two).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of drop off
- drops off present, singular, he/she/it
- dropping off participle, present
- dropped off participle, past
- dropoff
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does drop off mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To fall asleep.
After two glasses of whiskey, Tom soon dropped off in front of the television.
- 2
USTo deliver; to deposit or leave; to allow passengers to alight.
Can you drop the kids off at school?
- 3
To drop from, fall from.
The leaves were slowly dropping off the tree.
- 4
To drop, fall.
The leaves hung on until the end of November, then dropped off quickly.
- 5
To end a connection with a telephone queue, either by hanging up or after being served or processed.
As soon as a caller drops off, we'll have an open line and maybe you can reach us then.
- 6
To lessen or reduce.
Near-synonyms: taper off, dwindle
- 7
datedslangTo die.
- 8
slangTo abandon or give up on (something); to be abandoned or given up on.
My lawyer said some of those charges will be dropped off.
noun
- 1
A sudden downward slope or cliff.
- 2
The precipitous outer side of a coral reef, facing the open sea.
- 3
A decrease; especially, a sudden one.
There has been an unexplained drop-off in sales this quarter.
- 4
A delivery; the act of leaving a package, etc.
- 5
USA space reserved outside a bus or railway station for vehicles stopping to drop off passengers for onward transit.
- 6
A time during which passengers, such as school children, are dropped off; the event or act of dropping them off.
- 7
A visitor to a website who ceases to continue using and navigating around the site after reaching some specified page; or such an act of cessation.
We're seeing a lot of drop-offs on the shop product pages; why aren't people making purchases?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Drop off in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | s’endormir , déposer , tomber , abaisser, réduire |
| German | wegtreten, wegdämmern , abliefern, abgeben, ablegen, dalassen |
| Spanish | dormirse , entregar, dropear , caer , disminuir |
| Portuguese | entregar , diminuir |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does drop off come from?
Deverbal from drop off.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).