send someone packing
"send-someone-packing" is a 18-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“send someone packing” 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
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To expel, eject, or dismiss someone; to send away, chase off, or force out; (from a job or employment position) to fire.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | send someone packing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “send someone packing” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for send someone packing is 20 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. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "To expel, eject, or dismiss someone; to send away, chase off, or force out; (from a job or employment position) to fire.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for send someone packing, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 send someone packing, spelled S-E-N-D- -S-O-M-E-O-N-E- -P-A-C-K-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1To expel, eject, or dismiss someone; to send away, chase off, or force out; (from a job or employment position) to fire.
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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 “send someone packing”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-E-N-D- -S-O-M-E-O-N-E- -P-A-C-K-I-N-G - 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.