fall out of love

verb

"fall-out-of-love" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“fall out of love” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To cease to be in love (with someone).

Key facts for fall out of love
PropertyValue
Headwordfall out of love
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “fall out of love” sits in English frequency

fall out of love falls 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

fall out of love is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To cease to be in love (with someone).".

fall out of love doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is fall out of love, spelled F-A-L-L- -O-U-T- -O-F- -L-O-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    To cease to be in love (with someone).

Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fall out of love"?
"fall out of love" is spelled F-A-L-L- -O-U-T- -O-F- -L-O-V-E.
What does "fall out of love" mean?
As a verb, "fall out of love" means: To cease to be in love (with someone).
What language does "fall out of love" come from?
"fall out of love" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “fall out of love”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is F-A-L-L- -O-U-T- -O-F- -L-O-V-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list