make like a baby and head out
"make-like-a-baby-and-head-out" is a 23-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“make like a baby and head out” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 29
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To leave, depart, go out.
Corpus desk
Index EN-make-like-a-baby-and-hea · make like a baby and head out · English
make like a baby and head out · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 29 letters
- VOW-12 12 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | make like a baby and head out |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 29 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “make like a baby and head out” in English
Rare enough to double-check
make like a baby and head out is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To leave, depart, go out.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for make like a baby and head out, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: A pun on head out (“depart for another place”) and the idea of a newborn baby emerging headfirst from the womb. The correct English form is make like a baby and head out, spelled M-A-K-E- -L-I-K-E- -A- -B-A-B-Y- -A-N-D- -H-E-A-D- -O-U-T.
Definition
- 1To leave, depart, go out.
Etymology
A pun on head out (“depart for another place”) and the idea of a newborn baby emerging headfirst from the womb.
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.