fagged out

adj

"fagged-out" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“fagged out” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Very tired, or exhausted by hard work or physical exercise.

Corpus desk

Index EN-fagged-out · fagged out · English

fagged out · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "F" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for fagged out
PropertyValue
Headwordfagged out
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “fagged out” in English

fagged outfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fagged out is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Very tired, or exhausted by hard work or physical exercise.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for fagged out, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From fag (“to make exhausted”, verb). The correct English form is fagged out, spelled F-A-G-G-E-D- -O-U-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Very tired, or exhausted by hard work or physical exercise.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how fagged out appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. I was fagged out, and for the first time in years felt a question as to my ability to cope with an antagonist; […]
  2. I busied myself looking for a likely place, began to scrape together some heather and juniper twigs and made a bed on a small slope where it was fairly dry, opened my parcel and took out the blanket. I was tired and fagged out from the long walk and went to bed at once. I tossed and turned many times before I finally got settled.

Etymology

From fag (“to make exhausted”, verb).

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fagged out"?
"fagged out" is spelled F-A-G-G-E-D- -O-U-T.
What does "fagged out" mean?
As an adjective, "fagged out" means: Very tired, or exhausted by hard work or physical exercise.
What is the origin of the word "fagged out"?
From fag (“to make exhausted”, verb). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list