kick off
"kick-off" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“kick 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
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To make the first kick in a game or part of a game.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kick-off · kick off · English
kick off · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" 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 | kick off |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “kick off” in English
Rare enough to double-check
kick off is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for kick off, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is kick off, spelled K-I-C-K- -O-F-F.
Definition
- 1To make the first kick in a game or part of a game.
- 2To start; to launch; to set in motion.
- 3To dismiss; to expel; to remove from a position.
- 4To die or quit permanently.
- 5To shut down or turn off suddenly.
- 6To suddenly become more active.
- 7To force the weaning of a bovine cow's calf by restricting the calf's access to its mother's udders, whether by literally kicking it away or another method.
- 8To be overcome with anger, to start an argument or a fight; to behave aggressively.
- 9To have a fight or argument start; to fight or argue.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kick off appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The players kick off for the third quarter and the clock starts.
Let's kick off this project with a planning meeting.
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.