off one's feed

prep_phrase

"off-one-s-feed" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“off one's feed” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a prep_phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not eating normally.

Corpus desk

Index EN-off-one-s-feed · off one's feed · English

off one's feed · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "O" 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 off one's feed
PropertyValue
Headwordoff one's feed
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechPrep_phrase
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “off one's feed” in English

off one's feedranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

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

Rare enough to double-check

off one's feed is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aprep_phrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for off one's feed, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is off one's feed, spelled O-F-F- -O-N-E-'-S- -F-E-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Not eating normally.
  2. 2
    Rather unwell, especially with a reduced or altered appetite; somewhat disoriented or disconcerted.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how off one's feed appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. "Nothing serious," the veterinarian added. "He was just off his feed a trifle."
  2. "My dairy farmers tell me that because of the heat the cows are just off their feed."

Synonyms

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 "off one's feed"?
"off one's feed" is spelled O-F-F- -O-N-E-'-S- -F-E-E-D.
What does "off one's feed" mean?
As a prep_phrase, "off one's feed" means: Not eating normally.
What language does "off one's feed" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list