mark out

verb

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"mark-out" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“mark out” 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
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To mark the boundaries of an area—used of land, wood, metal, etc.—before working upon it.

Key facts for mark out
PropertyValue
Headwordmark out
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “mark out” sits in English frequency

mark out falls 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.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for mark out is 8 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. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for mark 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 no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is mark out, spelled M-A-R-K- -O-U-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    To mark the boundaries of an area—used of land, wood, metal, etc.—before working upon it.
  2. 2
    To classify.
  3. 3
    To obliterate or cancel with a mark.
  4. 4
    To distinguish.

This word in other languages

enmarcar(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 "mark out"?
"mark out" is spelled M-A-R-K- -O-U-T.
What does "mark out" mean?
As a verb, "mark out" means: To mark the boundaries of an area—used of land, wood, metal, etc.—before working upon it.
What language does "mark out" come from?
"mark out" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “mark out”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is M-A-R-K- -O-U-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list