pig out

verb

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

The verdict

“pig 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 eat voraciously or ravenously; to gorge oneself.

Corpus desk

Index EN-pig-out · pig out · English

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

Long-tail rank of “pig out” in English

pig outsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

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

Rare enough to double-check

pig out is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To eat voraciously or ravenously; to gorge oneself.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pig out, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is pig out, spelled P-I-G- -O-U-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    To eat voraciously or ravenously; to gorge oneself.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. They watched the game and pigged out on chips and pizza.

Synonyms

stuff oneselfstuff one's face

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pig out"?
"pig out" is spelled P-I-G- -O-U-T.
What does "pig out" mean?
As a verb, "pig out" means: To eat voraciously or ravenously; to gorge oneself.
What language does "pig out" come from?
"pig 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