lineout

noun

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"lineout" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“lineout” is uncommon English (frequency #92,807 among 16,425 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,807
frequency rank, English
16,425
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A set piece where the hooker throws the ball into play between a row of players from each team.

Key facts for lineout
PropertyValue
Headwordlineout
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#92,807
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “lineout” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). lineout lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

lineout is uncommon English at frequency #92,807 among 16,425 “L” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for lineout, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is lineout, spelled L-I-N-E-O-U-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    A set piece where the hooker throws the ball into play between a row of players from each team.
  2. 2
    The lineup of players in a lineout (sense 1).
  3. 3
    An out produced by catching a line drive.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lineout"?
"lineout" is spelled L-I-N-E-O-U-T.
What does "lineout" mean?
As a noun, "lineout" means: A set piece where the hooker throws the ball into play between a row of players from each team.
What language does "lineout" come from?
"lineout" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “lineout”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is L-I-N-E-O-U-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list