look out
"look-out" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“look out” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To be vigilant and aware often as an imperative to alert a person to danger.
Corpus desk
Index EN-look-out · look out · English
look out · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | look out |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “look out” in English
Rare enough to double-check
look out is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
look out has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is look out, spelled L-O-O-K- -O-U-T.
Definition
- 1To be vigilant and aware often as an imperative to alert a person to danger.
- 2To find by looking: to hunt out.
- 3To be facing.
- 4Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look, out.
- 5Ellipsis of look out for (someone)
- 6To be supportive or protective of someone.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how look out appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
While you're in the city center, look out for the dodgy street vendors.
Thinks I to myself, “Sol, you're run off your course again. This is a rich man's summer‘cottage’ and if you don't look out there's likely to be some nice, lively dog taking an interest in your underpinning.”
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.