knock it off
"knock-it-off" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“knock it 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
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To cease doing something, particularly annoying or unpleasant; to desist.
Corpus desk
Index EN-knock-it-off · knock it off · English
knock it off · 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 "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 | knock it off |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “knock it off” in English
Rare enough to double-check
knock it off is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To cease doing something, particularly annoying or unpleasant; to desist.".
knock it off doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is knock it off, spelled K-N-O-C-K- -I-T- -O-F-F.
Definition
- 1To cease doing something, particularly annoying or unpleasant; to desist.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how knock it off appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Would you two please knock it off with the shouting? I'm trying to sleep.
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.