cookout
/ˈkʊkaʊt/
"cookout" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cookout” is uncommon English (frequency #53,461 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,461
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A gathering for a meal that is cooked and eaten outside; either a domestic barbecue or a larger social event.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cookout · cookout · English
cookout · rank #53,461 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,461
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH contessa
Nearest frequency peer: contessa (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “cookout”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- conductance
conductance
46,545 corpus weight
- configurable
configurable
46,544 corpus weight
- conflated
conflated
46,543 corpus weight
- contessa
contessa
46,541 corpus weight
- cookout
cookout
46,540 corpus weight
- coterie
coterie
46,536 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “cookout” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cookout |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkʊkaʊt/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #53,461 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cookout” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cookout is uncommon English at frequency #53,461 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkʊkaʊt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A gathering for a meal that is cooked and eaten outside; either a domestic barbecue or a larger social event.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for cookout in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From cook + out. The correct English form is cookout, spelled C-O-O-K-O-U-T.
Definition
- 1A gathering for a meal that is cooked and eaten outside; either a domestic barbecue or a larger social event.
Etymology
From cook + 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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).