cookout
/ˈkʊkaʊt/
"cookout" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cookout” is uncommon English (frequency #53,461 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,461
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A gathering for a meal that is cooked and eaten outside; either a domestic barbecue or a larger social event.
| 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) |
Where “cookout” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cookout is uncommon English at frequency #53,461 among 43,570 “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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Using “cookout”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-O-K-O-U-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.