wash off
"wash-off" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“wash 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 remove (or be removed) by washing; to clean off (dirt or the thing that it is besmirching) by washing.
Corpus desk
Index EN-wash-off · wash off · English
wash 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 "W" 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 | wash off |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “wash off” in English
Rare enough to double-check
wash off is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To remove (or be removed) by washing; to clean off (dirt or the thing that it is besmirching) by washing.".
wash off has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is wash off, spelled W-A-S-H- -O-F-F.
Definition
- 1To remove (or be removed) by washing; to clean off (dirt or the thing that it is besmirching) by washing.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wash off appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I'm trying to wash off this equipment.
I'm trying to wash off all this mud.
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.