get off

verb

"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

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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.

Key facts for get off
PropertyValue
Headwordget off
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “get off” sits in English frequency

get offranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    To move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it.
  2. 2
    To move (something) from being on top of (something else) to not being on top of it.
  3. 3
    To stop touching or physically interfering with something or someone.
  4. 4
    To cause (something) to stop touching or interfering with (something else).
  5. 5
    To stop using a piece of equipment, such as a telephone or computer.
  6. 6
    To disembark, especially from mass transportation such as a bus or train; to depart from (a path, highway, etc).
  7. 7
    To make or help someone be ready to leave a place (especially to go to another place).
  8. 8
    To leave (somewhere) and start (a trip).
  9. 9
    To leave one's job, or leave school, as scheduled or with permission.
  10. 10
    To reserve or have a period of time as a vacation from work.
  11. 11
    To acquire (something) from (someone).
  12. 12
    To escape serious or severe consequences; to receive only mild or no punishment (or injuries, etc) for something one has done or been accused of.
  13. 13
    To help someone to escape serious or severe consequences and receive only mild or no punishment.
  14. 14
    To (write and) send (something); to discharge.
  15. 15
    To utter.
  16. 16
    To make (someone) fall asleep.
  17. 17
    To fall asleep.
  18. 18
    To excite or arouse, especially in a sexual manner, as to cause to experience orgasm.
  19. 19
    To experience great pleasure, especially sexual pleasure; in particular, to experience an orgasm.
  20. 20
    To masturbate.
  21. 21
    To kiss; to smooch.
  22. 22
    To get high (on a drug).
  23. 23
    To quit using a drug.
  24. 24
    To find enjoyment (in behaving in a presumptuous, rude, or intrusive manner).
  25. 25
    Indicates annoyance or dismissiveness.
  26. 26
    To achieve (a goal); to successfully perform.
  27. 27
    To steal (something).
  28. 28
    To perform a musical solo; to play music well.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how get off appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Get off your chair and help me.
  2. Get off! You're crushing me!

Synonyms

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 "get off"?
"get off" is spelled G-E-T- -O-F-F.
What does "get off" mean?
As a verb, "get off" means: To move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it.
What language does "get off" come from?
"get 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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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