weasel out
"weasel-out" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“weasel out” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To shirk, avoid, or fail to fulfill (a task, responsibility, etc.)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | weasel out |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “weasel out” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for weasel out is 10 letters long, classified as a verb. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
weasel out doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is weasel out, spelled W-E-A-S-E-L- -O-U-T.
Definition
- 1To shirk, avoid, or fail to fulfill (a task, responsibility, etc.)
- 2To obtain or extract, especially by cunning methods.
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 “weasel out”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is W-E-A-S-E-L- -O-U-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.