sod off
"sod-off" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sod 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
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Go away.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sod-off · sod off · English
sod off · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | sod off |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sod off” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sod off is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Go away.".
Zero misspellings are on record for sod off in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is sod off, spelled S-O-D- -O-F-F.
Definition
- 1Go away.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sod off appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Why don't you just sod off and leave me alone?
He was here a minute ago but now he's sodded off.
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.