weigh out
"weigh-out" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“weigh 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
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To divide (something) into portions by weight.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | weigh out |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “weigh out” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for weigh out is 9 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. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "To divide (something) into portions by weight.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for weigh out in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is weigh out, spelled W-E-I-G-H- -O-U-T.
Definition
- 1To divide (something) into portions by weight.
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 “weigh out”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is W-E-I-G-H- -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.