slack off
"slack-off" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“slack 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 be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study.
Corpus desk
Index EN-slack-off · slack off · English
slack 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 | slack off |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “slack off” in English
Rare enough to double-check
slack off is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for slack off, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is slack off, spelled S-L-A-C-K- -O-F-F.
Definition
- 1To be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study.
- 2To decrease in intensity; to ease off; to diminish; to die down.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how slack off appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Emily is slacking off since this is her last semester; she completely stopped trying to make good grades.
Thankfully the hail slacked off after a few minutes.
This word in other languages
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.