sunder out
"sunder-out" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sunder out” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - To separate or set apart from others; split out; segregate.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sunder-out · sunder out · English
sunder 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
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 | sunder out |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sunder out” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sunder out is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sunder out, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From sunder (“to separate”) + out. The correct English form is sunder out, spelled S-U-N-D-E-R- -O-U-T.
Definition
- 1To separate or set apart from others; split out; segregate.
- 2To apportion; allot; assign.
- 3To remove a piece of something from the whole; separate out.
- 4To break out; divide or scatter about.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sunder out appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The critics, however, sunder out one of the number and arbitrarily assign it to a different document from the rest.
It is still possible, of course, for a critic to sunder out of P as a whole this section or that, and to say of it, this is post-exilic, it belongs to a late supplemental stratum of P.
Etymology
From sunder (“to separate”) + out.
Synonyms
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.