lose it

verb

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"lose-it" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“lose it” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To be overcome with emotion.

Corpus desk

Index EN-lose-it · lose it · English

lose it · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "L" 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.

Key facts for lose it
PropertyValue
Headwordlose it
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “lose it” in English

lose itfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

lose it is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for lose it in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is lose it, spelled L-O-S-E- -I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    To be overcome with emotion.
  2. 2
    To be overcome with emotion.
  3. 3
    To be overcome with emotion.
  4. 4
    To be overcome with emotion.
  5. 5
    To cease to have a skill or ability, to lose one's touch, to be washed up.
  6. 6
    To lose control of a situation.
  7. 7
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lose, it.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how lose it appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. When my dad found out I had failed the exams, he just lost it.
  2. When she heard the news about her cousin's death, she lost it.

Synonyms

blow one's topcrash outflip outflip shitgo apego apeshitgo snakehit the ceilingfreak outhit the rooflose one's temperlose one's rag

This word in other languages

enajenarse(Español)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lose it"?
"lose it" is spelled L-O-S-E- -I-T.
What does "lose it" mean?
As a verb, "lose it" means: To be overcome with emotion.
What language does "lose it" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list