lout
/laʊt/noun
lout is spelled L-O-U-T: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 81,375th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, lout means “A troublemaker, often violent; a rude violent person; a yob” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of lout is louts.
How many letters and syllables are in lout?
| Letters | 4: L-O-U-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 81,375th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is lout?
Lout appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 81,375th 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 lout?
- /laʊt/
- Canada /lʌʊt/
Lout has one syllable (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: En-us-lout.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with lout?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as lout.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: tolu.
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 lout
- louts plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- louting participle, present
- louted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does lout mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A troublemaker, often violent; a rude violent person; a yob.
- 2
A clownish, awkward fellow; a bumpkin.
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo treat as a lout or fool; to neglect; to disappoint.
- 2
archaicTo bend, bow, stoop.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Lout in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | voyou , malotru |
| German | Flegel, Lümmel, Rüpel, Störenfried, Unruhestifter, Randalierer |
| Portuguese | biltre, patife , brutamontes, bruto, grosso |
| Spanish | salvaje, gamberro, barra brava , zopenco, zopenca |
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 lout come from?
Of dialectal origin, likely derived from Middle English louten (“to bow, bend low, stoop over”), from Old English lūtan (“to bow, bend forward, stoop”), from Proto-West Germanic *lūtan, from Proto-Germanic *lūtaną (“to bow down, lout”). Alternatively, derived from Middle English louten (“to hide, lurk”), from Old English lūtian (“to lurk, skulk”), from Proto-West Germanic *lūtēn (“to be hidden, be concealed”). Compare Old Norse lútr (“stooping”), Gothic 𐌻𐌿𐍄𐍉𐌽 (lutōn, “to deceive”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).