# wipeout

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #40,088

## Definitions
1. The act of colliding or crashing.
2. Total destruction or elimination.
3. The act of falling off one's surfboard.

## Etymology
Deverbal from wipe out.

## Easily confused with
- **without** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wipeout-vs-without)

## Common misspellings (9)
`iwpeout`, `wiepout`, `wipeotu`, `wipeoutt`, `wipeuot`, `wipoeut`, `wippeout`, `wpieout`, `wwipeout`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/wipeout