out of fashion
"out-of-fashion" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“out of fashion” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a prep_phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Unfashionable, not in fashion.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | out of fashion |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Prep_phrase |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “out of fashion” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for out of fashion is 14 letters long, classified as a prep_phrase. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Unfashionable, not in fashion.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for out of fashion in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 out of fashion, spelled O-U-T- -O-F- -F-A-S-H-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Unfashionable, not in fashion.
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 fashion”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is O-U-T- -O-F- -F-A-S-H-I-O-N - 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.