hangout
noun
hangout is spelled H-A-N-G-O-U-T: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,745th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “hang out vs hangout” about 90 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, hangout means “A place for hanging out; an informal meeting-place” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hangout is hangouts.
How many letters and syllables are in hangout?
| Letters | 7: H-A-N-G-O-U-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 24,745th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is hangout?
Hangout appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,745th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce hangout?
Hangout has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-hangout.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with hangout
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: hang out (one word or two).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with hangout?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as hangout.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: tohunga.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of hangout
- hangouts plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hangout mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A place for hanging out; an informal meeting-place.
Every Friday, Geoff and his group of friends all met at their favorite hangout to talk and have a good time.
- 2
A casual meeting for informal chat.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Hangout in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense place for hanging out; an informal meeting-place:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Treffpunkt, Treff |
| Spanish | garito |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does hangout come from?
From hang + out, as a deverbal from hang out.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).