pass out

verb

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"pass-out" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“pass out” 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 faint; to become unconscious.

Corpus desk

Index EN-pass-out · pass out · English

pass out · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "P" 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 pass out
PropertyValue
Headwordpass out
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “pass out” in English

pass outfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Rare enough to double-check

pass out is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 8 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for pass out in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is pass out, spelled P-A-S-S- -O-U-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    To faint; to become unconscious.
  2. 2
    To fall asleep irrespective of wilful action, as a result of the consumption of alcohol or other drugs or another form of physiological exhaustion.
  3. 3
    To distribute.
  4. 4
    To graduate, usually marked by a ceremony at the end of training.
  5. 5
    To become proficient in a particular job or task.
  6. 6
    To graduate from university.
  7. 7
    To end (a round) by having passes as the first four bids.
  8. 8
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pass, out.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how pass out appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. I pass out at the sight of blood.
  2. I passed out on the train after drinking a bottle of vodka.

This word in other languages

distribuir(Español)distribuer(Français)aus den Latschen kippen(Deutsch)distribuir(Português)

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 "pass out"?
"pass out" is spelled P-A-S-S- -O-U-T.
What does "pass out" mean?
As a verb, "pass out" means: To faint; to become unconscious.
What language does "pass out" come from?
"pass out" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list