spaced-out
"spaced-out" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“spaced-out” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Confused, stupefied, or disoriented through the action of a narcotic drug (or as if so intoxicated).
Corpus desk
Index EN-spaced-out · spaced-out · English
spaced-out · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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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 | spaced-out |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “spaced-out” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
spaced-out is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Confused, stupefied, or disoriented through the action of a narcotic drug (or as if so intoxicated).".
No misspelling variants are generated for spaced-out in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is spaced-out, spelled S-P-A-C-E-D---O-U-T.
Definition
- 1Confused, stupefied, or disoriented through the action of a narcotic drug (or as if so intoxicated).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how spaced-out appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In my opinion, the drugged-out, spaced-out look on their faces is obviously because of the drugs they're taking.
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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