log out
verb
log out is spelled L-O-G-O-U-T: 6 letters. People search “log out vs logout” about 30 times a month (Google, United States). As a verb, log out means “To exit a user account in a computer system, so that one is not recognized until signing in again” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in log out?
| Letters | 6: L-O-G-O-U-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | a phrase: the frequency list counts single words |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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).
How do you pronounce log out?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-log_out.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with log out
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: logout (one word or two).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of log out
- logs out present, singular, he/she/it
- logging out participle, present
- logged out participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does log out mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To exit a user account in a computer system, so that one is not recognized until signing in again.
Please don't forget to log out after you finish your work.
- 2
To remove fallen trees that block a trail, campsite, etc.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Log out in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to exit an account in a computing system:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | se déconnecter, se délogger, se désauthentifier |
| German | ausloggen, abmelden |
| Portuguese | deslogar, sair |
| Spanish | cerrar sesión, desloguearse |
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.