thin out
"thin-out" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“thin 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
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To make sparse; to remove some of a group of newly-planted plants in order to allow the remaining ones to grow unimpeded.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | thin out |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “thin out” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
thin out is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for thin out, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is thin out, spelled T-H-I-N- -O-U-T.
Definition
- 1To make sparse; to remove some of a group of newly-planted plants in order to allow the remaining ones to grow unimpeded.
- 2To become sparse.
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.
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Using “thin out”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-H-I-N- -O-U-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.