fold-out
"fold-out" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fold-out” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Alternative form of foldout.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fold-out |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fold-out” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
fold-out is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of foldout.".
fold-out has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Deverbal from fold out. The correct English form is fold-out, spelled F-O-L-D---O-U-T.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of foldout.
Etymology
Deverbal from fold out.
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.
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Using “fold-out”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is F-O-L-D---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.