lookout
/ˈlʊkaʊt/noun
lookout is spelled L-O-O-K-O-U-T: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 4.1 times per million words in written English, the 12,764th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “look-out vs lookout” about 260 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, lookout means “A vantage point with a view of the surrounding area” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of lookout is lookouts.
How many letters and syllables are in lookout?
| Letters | 7: L-O-O-K-O-U-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.1 times per million words; the 12,764th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 lookout?
Lookout appears 4.1 times per million words in written English, the 12,764th 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 lookout?
- US /ˈlʊkaʊt/
- British /ˈlɵkawt/
- Australia /ˈlʊkæɔt/
Lookout 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-lookout.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with lookout
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: look-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 lookout?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as lookout from its last stressed vowel (/ʊkaʊt/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: outlook.
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 lookout
- lookouts plural
- look-out
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does lookout mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A vantage point with a view of the surrounding area.
- 2
A session of watching for an approaching enemy, police, etc.
We kept a lookout all night, but nobody came.
- 3
A person on watch for approaching enemy, police, danger, etc.
The raid failed when the lookout noticed the enemy group.
- 4
A subject for observation; a prospect or view.
- 5
One's perspective, outlook; hence, one's responsibility. (used with a possessive pronoun or a noun in a possessive form).
Every person's interest is his own lookout.
- 6
An observation window.
- 7
A joist that extends in cantilever out from the exterior wall (or wall plate) of a building, supporting the roof sheathing and providing a nailing surface for the fascia boards.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Lookout in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | poste de guet , sentinelle, guetteur, guetteuse |
| Portuguese | ponto de vigia, posto de vigia, miradouro , vigia, sentinela |
| Spanish | mirador |
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 lookout come from?
Deverbal from look out.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).