move out

verb

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

The verdict

“move 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
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To leave one's present location; to leave somewhere for another place.

Corpus desk

Index EN-move-out · move out · English

move out · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 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.

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

Long-tail rank of “move out” in English

move outsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

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

Rare enough to double-check

move out is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for move out, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is move out, spelled M-O-V-E- -O-U-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    To leave one's present location; to leave somewhere for another place.
  2. 2
    To vacate one's place of residence or employment.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Alright, troops, line up and move out!
  2. We must move out before the end of the month or we'll be paying extra rent.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "move out"?
"move out" is spelled M-O-V-E- -O-U-T.
What does "move out" mean?
As a verb, "move out" means: To leave one's present location; to leave somewhere for another place.
What language does "move out" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list