give out
"give-out" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“give 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 September 3, 2026) - To utter, publish; to announce, proclaim, report.
Corpus desk
Index EN-give-out · give out · English
give out · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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 | give out |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “give out” in English
Rare enough to double-check
give out is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 12 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for give out, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Cognate with German ausgeben (“spend, pay, output”). The correct English form is give out, spelled G-I-V-E- -O-U-T.
Definition
- 1To utter, publish; to announce, proclaim, report.
- 2To utter, publish; to announce, proclaim, report.
- 3To send forth, emit; to cause to be sent forth.
- 4To send forth, emit; to cause to be sent forth.
- 5To issue; to distribute.
- 6To cease functioning in some way.
- 7To cease functioning in some way.
- 8To cease functioning in some way.
- 9To cease functioning in some way.
- 10To complain, sulk, chastise.
- 11To pretend or act as if something is true.
- 12To express oneself intensely emotionally, either by talking or in a musical performance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how give out appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The best news is that we have safely found Our king and company: the next, our ship,— Which but three glasses since we gave out split,— Is tight and yare, and bravely rigg'd as when We first put out to sea.
So soon as I hear that such or such a man gives himself out for a philosopher, I conclude that, like the dyspeptic old woman, he must have “broken his digester.”
Etymology
Cognate with German ausgeben (“spend, pay, output”).
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.