weigh out

verb

"weigh-out" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“weigh 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
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To divide (something) into portions by weight.

Corpus desk

Index EN-weigh-out · weigh out · English

weigh out · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "W" 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 weigh out
PropertyValue
Headwordweigh out
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “weigh out” in English

weigh 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

weigh out is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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

  1. 1
    To divide (something) into portions by weight.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Let's weigh out the flour into half-ounce portions to make the individual pies.

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 "weigh out"?
"weigh out" is spelled W-E-I-G-H- -O-U-T.
What does "weigh out" mean?
As a verb, "weigh out" means: To divide (something) into portions by weight.
What language does "weigh out" come from?
"weigh out" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list