Log out or logout?
log out is a verb meaning “To exit a user account in a computer system, so that one is not recognized…”; logout is a noun meaning “The act or process of logging out”. Use log out as a verb and logout as a noun. log out is written as two words and logout as one word; they are used differently.
What is the difference between log out and logout?
| log out | logout | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | verb | noun |
| Meaning | To exit a user account in a computer system, so that one is not recognized until signing in again To remove fallen trees that block a trail, campsite, etc | The act or process of logging out |
| Example | Please don't forget to log out after you finish your work | none recorded |
| Forms | none | logouts |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | not recorded |
| In writing | not counted (the list counts single words) | about once in every 7 million words |
Sources: log out and logout in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of log out and logout
log out
- 1
To exit a user account in a computer system, so that one is not recognized until signing in again
Please don't forget to log out after you finish your work
- 2
To remove fallen trees that block a trail, campsite, etc
logout
- 1
The act or process of logging out
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, log out or logout?
log out is a phrase, which the list of single words does not count; logout about once in every 7 million words.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How many people search log out vs logout?
“log out vs logout” is searched about 30 times a month on Google and 10 on Bing in the United States. Google counts close variants of a query together (“logout vs log out”, “log out or logout”).
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