fuck off

verb

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"fuck-off" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“fuck off” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To go to hell; to disappear or go away; to screw oneself.

Key facts for fuck off
PropertyValue
Headwordfuck off
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “fuck off” sits in English frequency

fuck off 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.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for fuck off is 8 letters long, classified as a verb. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for fuck off in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is fuck off, spelled F-U-C-K- -O-F-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    To go to hell; to disappear or go away; to screw oneself.
  2. 2
    To leave unexpectedly.
  3. 3
    To fritter; to fuck around.
  4. 4
    To annoy, irritate.
  5. 5
    To abandon.
  6. 6
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fuck, off.

This word in other languages

joderse(Español)aller se faire foutre(Français)cair fora(Português)

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 "fuck off"?
"fuck off" is spelled F-U-C-K- -O-F-F.
What does "fuck off" mean?
As a verb, "fuck off" means: To go to hell; to disappear or go away; to screw oneself.
What language does "fuck off" come from?
"fuck off" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “fuck off”

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

  • The one correct English spelling is F-U-C-K- -O-F-F - 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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list