# takeoff

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #18,444

## Definitions
1. A launch or ascent into the air or into flight, such as of an aircraft, rocket, bird, high-jumper etc.
2. A parody or lampoon of someone or something.
3. A quantification, especially of building materials.
4. The removal of sheets from the press.
5. The spot from which one takes off; specifically, the place from which a jumper rises in leaping.
6. The initial movement a surfer makes to start riding a wave.

## Etymology
Deverbal from take off.

## Easily confused with
- **takeout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/takeoff-vs-takeout)
- **tradeoff** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/takeoff-vs-tradeoff)

## Common misspellings (8)
`atkeoff`, `taekoff`, `takefof`, `takeof`, `takkeoff`, `takoeff`, `tkaeoff`, `ttakeoff`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/takeoff