hideout
/ˈhaɪdˌaʊt/noun
hideout is spelled H-I-D-E-O-U-T: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,462nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hideout means “A place to hide” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hideout is hideouts.
How many letters and syllables are in hideout?
| Letters | 7: H-I-D-E-O-U-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 27,462nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is hideout?
Hideout appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,462nd 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 hideout?
- /ˈhaɪdˌaʊt/
Hideout 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-hideout.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with hideout
Also written: hide-out (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of hideout
- hideouts plural
- hide-out
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hideout mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A place to hide.
They'll never find us in this makeshift hideout we've got in the woods.
- 2
A hidden headquarters or place to return to.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Hideout in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense A place to hide:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | cachette, planque, repaire, refuge |
| German | Versteck, Unterschlupf |
| Portuguese | esconderijo |
| Spanish | guarida, escondrijo, escondite, escondredijo, huarique, taguán (Phillipines) |
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 hideout come from?
From hide + out.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).