out of breath
"out-of-breath" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“out of breath” 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
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Breathing with difficulty, in particular due to physical activity.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | out of breath |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Prep_phrase |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “out of breath” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
out of breath is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aprep_phrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Breathing with difficulty, in particular due to physical activity.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for out of breath, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is out of breath, spelled O-U-T- -O-F- -B-R-E-A-T-H.
Definition
- 1Breathing with difficulty, in particular due to physical activity.
Synonyms
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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.
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Using “out of breath”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is O-U-T- -O-F- -B-R-E-A-T-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.