get out of jail free card
"get-out-of-jail-free-card" is a 20-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“get out of jail free card” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 25
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A certain privilege or advantage that provides relief from an undesirable situation or immunity from punishment or consequences.
Corpus desk
Index EN-get-out-of-jail-free-car · get out of jail free card · English
get out of jail free card · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 25 letters
- VOW-9 9 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | get out of jail free card |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 25 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “get out of jail free card” in English
Rare enough to double-check
get out of jail free card is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A certain privilege or advantage that provides relief from an undesirable situation or immunity from punishment or consequences.".
get out of jail free card doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: An element of the board game Monopoly, allowing a player to leave the "jail" square immediately, without missing game turns. The correct English form is get out of jail free card, spelled G-E-T- -O-U-T- -O-F- -J-A-I-L- -F-R-E-E- -C-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1A certain privilege or advantage that provides relief from an undesirable situation or immunity from punishment or consequences.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how get out of jail free card appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"I don't care to know who spanked her or looked at her cross-eyed when she was little." "Trust me, Henry," Ivy said. "It goes way beyond spanking." "So that gives her a get-out-of-jail-free card?" "Of course it doesn't. What I am saying is―" "No, here's what I'm saying. She's combative, she refuses to do the work, and if she shows up in my class wearing t…
...this decision is not intended to send out a message that due to the pandemic there exists a revolving door policy for offenders to commit crime with the expectation of release or that offenders can now benefit with a "get out of jail free" card. Indeed, if this were the case generally, it would erode the public confidence in the criminal justice system…
Etymology
An element of the board game Monopoly, allowing a player to leave the "jail" square immediately, without missing game turns.
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.