hit the sack
"hit-the-sack" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hit the sack” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To go to bed.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hit-the-sack · hit the sack · English
hit the sack · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" 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 | hit the sack |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “hit the sack” in English
Rare enough to double-check
hit the sack is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To go to bed.".
Zero misspellings are on record for hit the sack in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: A reference to how farmers tend to sleep on sacks of hay. The correct English form is hit the sack, spelled H-I-T- -T-H-E- -S-A-C-K.
Definition
- 1To go to bed.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hit the sack appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
K.P. Arches—Like a housewife who spends a day on the range, a soldier gets tired feet and is eager to hit the sack.
Etymology
A reference to how farmers tend to sleep on sacks of hay.
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.