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layout

/ˈleɪ.aʊt/noun, verb

layout is spelled L-A-Y-O-U-T: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 12 times per million words in written English, the 6,230th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “lay-out vs layout” about 40 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, layout means “A structured arrangement of items within certain limits” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of layout is layouts.

How many letters and syllables are in layout?

Letters6: L-A-Y-O-U-T
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing12 times per million words; the 6,230th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 layout?

Layout appears 12 times per million words in written English, the 6,230th 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 layout?

  • /ˈleɪ.aʊt/

Layout 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-layout.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Words people confuse with layout

Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).

lay-out vs layout40 G

Also written: lay-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 layout?

No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as layout.

Spelled with the same letters in another order: outlay.

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 layout

  • layouts plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • layouting participle, present
  • layouted participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does layout mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A structured arrangement of items within certain limits.

    The garden’s layout was designed for easy access to all plants.

  2. 2

    A plan for such arrangement.

    The architect presented the building’s floor layout.

  3. 3

    The act of laying out something.

  4. 4

    The process of arranging editorial content, advertising, graphics and other information.

    The magazine changed its page layout to look more modern.

  5. 5

    A map or a drawing of a construction site showing the position of roads, buildings or other constructions.

  6. 6

    A specification of an integrated circuit showing the position of the physical components that will implement the schematic in silicon.

  7. 7

    The customizable features of a user's profile (such as profile picture, screen name, and bio) collectively.

    He admired the efficient layout of the new website.

  8. 8

    A fully stretched out position of the body, with toes pointed and legs straight.

verb

  1. 1

    to layout (plan for an arrangement)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Layout in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchdisposition, schéma, structure (structured arrangement of items), mise en page f maquette (process of arranging media content for…), plan (map or a drawing of a construction site)
GermanEinteilung, Struktur, Anordnung (structured arrangement of items), Gestaltung, Layout (process of arranging media content for…)
Portuguesedisposição (structured arrangement of items), layout, leiaute (process of arranging media content for…)
Spanishmaquetación, impaginación, trazado, replanteo (structured arrangement of items), maqueta (plan for such arrangement)

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 layout come from?

Deverbal from lay out.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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