kick to the curb
"kick-to-the-curb" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“kick to the curb” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To dismiss or reject in a humiliating manner.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kick to the curb |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “kick to the curb” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for kick to the curb is 16 letters long, classified as a verb. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "To dismiss or reject in a humiliating manner.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for kick to the curb, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is kick to the curb, spelled K-I-C-K- -T-O- -T-H-E- -C-U-R-B.
Definition
- 1To dismiss or reject in a humiliating manner.
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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Using “kick to the curb”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is K-I-C-K- -T-O- -T-H-E- -C-U-R-B - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.