send off
/sɛnˈdɒf/verb, noun
send off is spelled S-E-N-D-O-F-F: 7 letters. As a verb, send off means “To send; to dispatch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in send off?
| Letters | 7: S-E-N-D-O-F-F |
|---|---|
| In writing | a phrase: the frequency list counts single words |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you pronounce send off?
- /sɛnˈdɒf/
As a noun (“farewell party”): /ˈsɛn.dɒf/.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Neøn-send_off.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with send off
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: sendoff (one word or two).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of send off
- sends off present, singular, he/she/it
- sending off participle, present
- sent off participle, past
- send offs plural
- send-offs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does send off mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To send; to dispatch.
Have you sent off your application yet?
- 2
Synonym of send away (“to dispatch orders to a place for something to be delivered”).
I'm going to send off for one of these fancy new wigs.
- 3
To emit; to emanate.
- 4
To show someone a red card, and dismiss them from the playing area.
- 5
To provide a celebration for someone who is leaving; give a sendoff.
- 6
A way of celebrating a batsman's wicket usually with some hand gestures that can result in paying a fine.
noun
- 1
farewell party
- 2
funeral or memorial service
- 3
Alternative form of send-off.
noun
- 1
A penalty for a serious infraction of the rules in which the player is ordered to leave for the rest of the game; red card
- 2
Alternative form of sendoff.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Send off in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense sports, soccer: to give someone a red card:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.