wipe out
"wipe-out" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“wipe 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 destroy (especially, a large number or complete set of people or things); to obliterate.
Corpus desk
Index EN-wipe-out · wipe out · English
wipe 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 "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 | wipe out |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “wipe out” in English
Rare enough to double-check
wipe out is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for wipe out in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is wipe out, spelled W-I-P-E- -O-U-T.
Definition
- 1To destroy (especially, a large number or complete set of people or things); to obliterate.
- 2To physically erase (writing, computer data, etc.).
- 3To do away with; to cause to disappear.
- 4To exhaust (someone); to tire (them) out.
- 5To bankrupt (a person or company); to empty (a bank account); to erase (a bank balance).
- 6To crash; to fall over or fall off (especially in board sports such as surfing, skateboarding, etc.).
- 7To knock (a surfer) off their board.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wipe out appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
a tornado that nearly wiped out an entire town
Yasser Arafat (Katz): You do not go far enough General Amin. We must rip their entrails out and drag them from here to Damascus until they include us in the peace process. Muammar Gaddafi (LuJane): No! Nonsense! This solution is not bold enough for Libya. I say wipe out Washington and New York.
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.