callout

noun

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"callout" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“callout” is uncommon English (frequency #70,530 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,530
frequency rank, English
43,570
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An outgoing telephone call.

Corpus desk

Index EN-callout · callout · English

callout · rank #70,530 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,530
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 43,570
  • PHOTO-FINISH Calaveras

Nearest frequency peer: Calaveras (-1 rank slots)

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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “callout”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “callout” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for callout
PropertyValue
Headwordcallout
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#70,530
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “callout” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). callout lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

callout is uncommon English at frequency #70,530 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 10 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for callout in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: Deverbal from call out. The correct English form is callout, spelled C-A-L-L-O-U-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    An outgoing telephone call.
  2. 2
    An instance of being summoned to visit a certain place in order to provide assistance; an instance of summoning someone who is on call.
  3. 3
    A meeting or rally held in order to find interested participants, e.g. for an activity or sports team.
  4. 4
    An invitation to fight.
  5. 5
    A request for people to join or take part.
  6. 6
    A pull quote: an excerpt from an article (such as in a news magazine) that is duplicated in a large font alongside the article so as to grab a reader's attention and indicate the article's topic.
  7. 7
    An annotation that pertains to a specific location in a body of text or a graphic, and that is visually linked to that location by a mark or a matching pair of marks.
  8. 8
    The act of calling out from work, i.e. announcing that one cannot attend; the act of calling in sick.
  9. 9
    A form of verbal abuse with the intention of making the victim feel guilty.
  10. 10
    The invocation of an external third-party component.

Etymology

Deverbal from call out.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "callout"?
"callout" is spelled C-A-L-L-O-U-T.
What does "callout" mean?
As a noun, "callout" means: An outgoing telephone call.
What is the origin of the word "callout"?
Deverbal from call out. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "callout", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list