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 May 6, 2026) - To subcontract (a task, responsibility, etc.) to another; to outsource.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | farm out |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “farm out” sits in English frequency
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.
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.
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Using “farm out”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is F-A-R-M- -O-U-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.