vote out

verb

"vote-out" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“vote 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 September 3, 2026) - To expel the holder of an office or other position through an act of voting.

Corpus desk

Index EN-vote-out · vote out · English

vote out · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "V" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for vote out
PropertyValue
Headwordvote out
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “vote out” in English

vote outfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

vote out is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To expel the holder of an office or other position through an act of voting.".

Zero misspellings are on record for vote out in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is vote out, spelled V-O-T-E- -O-U-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    To expel the holder of an office or other position through an act of voting.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how vote out appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The incumbent candidate was voted out in a tight race.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vote out"?
"vote out" is spelled V-O-T-E- -O-U-T.
What does "vote out" mean?
As a verb, "vote out" means: To expel the holder of an office or other position through an act of voting.
What language does "vote out" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list