nick off
"nick-off" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nick 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
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To leave, especially in a hurry.
Corpus desk
Index EN-nick-off · nick off · English
nick off · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" 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 | nick off |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “nick off” in English
Rare enough to double-check
nick off is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To leave, especially in a hurry.".
Zero misspellings are on record for nick off in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is nick off, spelled N-I-C-K- -O-F-F.
Definition
- 1To leave, especially in a hurry.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nick off appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
‘I got somethin ta tell ya. Young Trilby's knicked off.’
I'm in for the strap tomorrow anyway when Dickie sees my sums. Got to nick off now.
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.