push off
"push-off" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“push off” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To go away; to get lost.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | push off |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “push off” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for push off is 8 letters long, classified as a verb. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
push off doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is push off, spelled P-U-S-H- -O-F-F.
Definition
- 1To go away; to get lost.
- 2to commit a foul by pushing against an opponent to both accelerate more quickly and push the opponent in the opposite direction.
- 3To delay, postpone, put off, push back.
Synonyms
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 “push off”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-U-S-H- -O-F-F - 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.