check out
"check-out" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“check 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 record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.).
Corpus desk
Index EN-check-out · check out · English
check out · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | check out |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “check out” in English
Rare enough to double-check
check out is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 10 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for check out, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is check out, spelled C-H-E-C-K- -O-U-T.
Definition
- 1To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.).
- 2To record one's departure from a workplace, hotel, restaurant, etc.
- 3To examine, inspect, look at closely, ogle; to investigate; to gather information so as to make a decision.
- 4To obtain source code (or other material) from a source control repository so that one can modify it (and often later check in the modified version back).
- 5To become uninterested in an activity and cease to participate in more than a perfunctory manner; to become uncooperative.
- 6To become catatonic or otherwise nonresponsive.
- 7To leave in a hurry.
- 8To die.
- 9To prove (after an investigation) to be the case, or to be in order.
- 10To visit the oche for the last time and clear one's remaining points to win the game.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how check out appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He checked his favorite mystery out for the twenty-third time.
The desk clerk checked out the family that had been staying in room 322.
Antonyms
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.