out of touch
"out-of-touch" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“out of touch” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - No longer maintaining contact or communications.
Corpus desk
Index EN-out-of-touch · out of touch · English
out of touch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | out of touch |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “out of touch” in English
Rare enough to double-check
out of touch is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for out of touch in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, 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 its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is out of touch, spelled O-U-T- -O-F- -T-O-U-C-H.
Definition
- 1No longer maintaining contact or communications.
- 2Disconnected or insulated from the everyday experiences and concerns of ordinary people.
- 3No longer conversant with crucial basics such as facts, reality, the real world, and sanity; not aware or realistic.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how out of touch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I had been out of touch with my old friend for a long time when she called.
I don't feel a single thing / Have the pills done too much / Haven't caught up with my friends in weeks / And now we're outta touch
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.