run out

verb

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

The verdict

“run 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 use up or consume all

Corpus desk

Index EN-run-out · run out · English

run 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 "R" 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 run out
PropertyValue
Headwordrun out
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “run out” in English

run 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

run out is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 10 senses are on record.

run out doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is run out, spelled R-U-N- -O-U-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    To use up or consume all
  2. 2
    To expire; to come to an end.
  3. 3
    To expire; to come to an end.
  4. 4
    To get a batsman out (dismissed from play) via a runout.
  5. 5
    To extend a piece of material, or clothing.
  6. 6
    To conclude in, to end up.
  7. 7
    To force (someone or something) out of a location or state of being.
  8. 8
    To grow poor over time by spending all of one's money.
  9. 9
    To fill a line with quadrats or full points.
  10. 10
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, out.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Get some more beer out of the fridge before we run out.
  2. If this hot weather continues, we will run out of ice cream.

This word in other languages

agotar(Español)épuiser(Français)ausgehen(Deutsch)acabar(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 "run out"?
"run out" is spelled R-U-N- -O-U-T.
What does "run out" mean?
As a verb, "run out" means: To use up or consume all
What language does "run out" come from?
"run out" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list