send someone packing
"send-someone-packing" is a 18-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“send someone packing” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To expel, eject, or dismiss someone; to send away, chase off, or force out; (from a job or employment position) to fire.
Corpus desk
Index EN-send-someone-packing · send someone packing · English
send someone packing · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 20 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | send someone packing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “send someone packing” in English
Rare enough to double-check
send someone packing is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how send someone packing appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[T]he parliament, to their immortal honour, presently sent him packing.
Two ladies called one day, pale and anxious, and begged earnestly, humbly, to be allowed to see Mr. Moore one instant: Mrs. Yorke hardened her heart, and sent them packing,—not without opprobrium.
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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.