screw off
"screw-off" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“screw off” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To remove the lid of a jar or other container by unscrewing it.
Corpus desk
Index EN-screw-off · screw off · English
screw off · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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 | screw off |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “screw off” in English
Rare enough to double-check
screw off is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
screw off doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is screw off, spelled S-C-R-E-W- -O-F-F.
Definition
- 1To remove the lid of a jar or other container by unscrewing it.
- 2To fail to do one's work; to goof off.
- 3To leave; to bugger off.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how screw off appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hold it in two hands and screw off the lid. Set the lid down. Inside are pickled onions.
When the boss wasn't around on the weekend they would sometimes screw off.
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.