peg out

verb

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"peg-out" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“peg 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
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To mark (a territory or area) with pegs.

Corpus desk

Index EN-peg-out · peg out · English

peg out · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "P" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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 peg out
PropertyValue
Headwordpeg out
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “peg out” in English

peg outranks 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

peg out is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for peg out in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 peg out, spelled P-E-G- -O-U-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    To mark (a territory or area) with pegs.
  2. 2
    To die.
  3. 3
    To finish a game of croquet.
  4. 4
    To move one's peg to the last position on the pegboard, and thus win.
  5. 5
    To hang up (washing) using pegs.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. I was soon the proud possessor of a miner's right, and my claim was pegged out for me away on the reefs.
  2. After the plans have been approved, the company [Railway Survey Company, Royal Engineers] will peg out the work on the ground, and give levels during the construction period.

This word in other languages

crever(Français)abstecken(Deutsch)

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 "peg out"?
"peg out" is spelled P-E-G- -O-U-T.
What does "peg out" mean?
As a verb, "peg out" means: To mark (a territory or area) with pegs.
What language does "peg out" come from?
"peg 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