lockout
noun
lockout is spelled L-O-C-K-O-U-T: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,463rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, lockout means “The opposite of a strike; a labor disruption where management refuses to allow workers into a plant to work even if they are willing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of lockout is lockouts.
How many letters and syllables are in lockout?
| Letters | 7: L-O-C-K-O-U-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 24,463rd 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 lockout?
Lockout appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,463rd 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 lockout?
Lockout 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).
Words people confuse with lockout
Also written: lock-out (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of lockout
- lockouts plural
- lock-out
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does lockout mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The opposite of a strike; a labor disruption where management refuses to allow workers into a plant to work even if they are willing.
- 2
The action of installing a lock to keep someone out of an area, such as eviction of a tenant by changing the lock.
- 3
The exclusion of certain people from a place, event, situation, etc.
It's another front-row lockout for Mercedes on the starting grid of the Japanese Grand Prix.
- 4
The restriction of a population to a certain area, but allowing free movement within that region, in order to prevent the spread of disease. Compare lockdown.
- 5
The situation of being locked out of a building.
a locksmith who is willing to deal with emergency lockouts
- 6
A situation where the system is not responding to input.
- 7
A safety device designed to prevent touching a moving part when it is under operation; a safety device to keep the power supply turned off during repairs; the standardized practice and method whereby such devices are deployed.
lockout–tagout
- 8
The final portion of a weightlifting motion where all applicable limbs or joints are fully extended or "locked out".
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Lockout in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense opposite of a strike:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | lock-out, lockout, grève patronale |
| German | Aussperrung, Lockout |
| Portuguese | locaute |
| Spanish | cierre patronal |
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 lockout come from?
Deverbal from lock out.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).