tick off
"tick-off" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tick off” 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 September 3, 2026) - To sign an item on a list with a tick mark, especially as a signal that the item has veen verified or completed.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tick-off · tick off · English
tick off · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | tick off |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tick off” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tick off is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for tick off in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is tick off, spelled T-I-C-K- -O-F-F.
Definition
- 1To sign an item on a list with a tick mark, especially as a signal that the item has veen verified or completed.
- 2To list (create or recite a list).
- 3To annoy, aggravate.
- 4To reprimand.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tick off appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I ticked off Harry today because he announced he was present.
I ticked three things off the list in my head, and had only four chores left to do.
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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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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.