find out

verb

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

The verdict

“find 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
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To discover, as by asking or investigating.

Key facts for find out
PropertyValue
Headwordfind out
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “find out” sits in English frequency

find out falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

find out is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

find out doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is find out, spelled F-I-N-D- -O-U-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    To discover, as by asking or investigating.
  2. 2
    To discover or expose (someone) as disobedient, dishonest, etc.
  3. 3
    To uncover a weakness in (someone).
  4. 4
    To discover (something), as by perceiving or coming upon it.
  5. 5
    To receive the consequences of one's actions.

This word in other languages

averiguar(Español)découvrir(Français)herausfinden(Deutsch)descobrir(Português)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "find out"?
"find out" is spelled F-I-N-D- -O-U-T.
What does "find out" mean?
As a verb, "find out" means: To discover, as by asking or investigating.
What language does "find out" come from?
"find out" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “find out”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is F-I-N-D- -O-U-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list