get off
"get-off" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“get off” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it.
Corpus desk
Index EN-get-off · get off · English
get off · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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 | get off |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “get off” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
get off is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 28 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for get off in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is get off, spelled G-E-T- -O-F-F.
Definition
- 1To move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it.
- 2To move (something) from being on top of (something else) to not being on top of it.
- 3To stop touching or physically interfering with something or someone.
- 4To cause (something) to stop touching or interfering with (something else).
- 5To stop using a piece of equipment, such as a telephone or computer.
- 6To disembark, especially from mass transportation such as a bus or train; to depart from (a path, highway, etc).
- 7To make or help someone be ready to leave a place (especially to go to another place).
- 8To leave (somewhere) and start (a trip).
- 9To leave one's job, or leave school, as scheduled or with permission.
- 10To reserve or have a period of time as a vacation from work.
- 11To acquire (something) from (someone).
- 12To escape serious or severe consequences; to receive only mild or no punishment (or injuries, etc) for something one has done or been accused of.
- 13To help someone to escape serious or severe consequences and receive only mild or no punishment.
- 14To (write and) send (something); to discharge.
- 15To utter.
- 16To make (someone) fall asleep.
- 17To fall asleep.
- 18To excite or arouse, especially in a sexual manner, as to cause to experience orgasm.
- 19To experience great pleasure, especially sexual pleasure; in particular, to experience an orgasm.
- 20To masturbate.
- 21To kiss; to smooch.
- 22To get high (on a drug).
- 23To quit using a drug.
- 24To find enjoyment (in behaving in a presumptuous, rude, or intrusive manner).
- 25Indicates annoyance or dismissiveness.
- 26To achieve (a goal); to successfully perform.
- 27To steal (something).
- 28To perform a musical solo; to play music well.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how get off appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Get off your chair and help me.
Get off! You're crushing me!
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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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