quick off the mark
"quick-off-the-mark" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“quick off the mark” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fast to act or react
Corpus desk
Index EN-quick-off-the-mark · quick off the mark · English
quick off the mark · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Q" 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quick off the mark |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “quick off the mark” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
quick off the mark is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "fast to act or react".
No misspelling variants are generated for quick off the mark in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From sports races, where the mark in this case is the point from which the racers start. The correct English form is quick off the mark, spelled Q-U-I-C-K- -O-F-F- -T-H-E- -M-A-R-K.
Definition
- 1fast to act or react
Etymology
From sports races, where the mark in this case is the point from which the racers start.
Antonyms
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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