strung out
"strung-out" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“strung 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) - Experiencing withdrawal symptoms of an addiction.
Corpus desk
Index EN-strung-out · strung out · English
strung out · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | strung out |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “strung out” in English
Rare enough to double-check
strung out is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for strung out, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is strung out, spelled S-T-R-U-N-G- -O-U-T.
Definition
- 1Experiencing withdrawal symptoms of an addiction.
- 2Widely spaced.
- 3Prolonged in an unnecessary or time-filling manner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how strung out appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
While he was strung out, he ranted about conspiracies that he couldn't remember when he sobered.
She believed he was becoming strung out, if he wasn't hooked yet
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.