farm out
"farm-out" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“farm out” 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 subcontract (a task, responsibility, etc.) to another; to outsource.
Corpus desk
Index EN-farm-out · farm out · English
farm out · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | farm out |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “farm out” in English
Rare enough to double-check
farm out is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To subcontract (a task, responsibility, etc.) to another; to outsource.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for farm out, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. 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.
Etymologically, the entry records: From farm + out. The correct English form is farm out, spelled F-A-R-M- -O-U-T.
Definition
- 1To subcontract (a task, responsibility, etc.) to another; to outsource.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how farm out appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Near-synonym: sub out
These companies are simply paper companies . . . they farm out the contracts to the real builders.
Etymology
From farm + out.
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.