make out

/meɪk aʊt/verb

make out is spelled M-A-K-E-O-U-T: 7 letters. As a verb, make out means “To draw up (a document etc.), to designate (a cheque)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in make out?

Letters	7: M-A-K-E-O-U-T
In writing	a phrase: the frequency list counts single words
Wrong spellings searched	none measured in search
Pairs people search	make out vs makeout

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 make out?

US /meɪk aʊt/
Australia /meɪk æɔt/
Australia /meɪk æʊt/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-make_out.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Words people confuse with make out

Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).

make out vs makeout0 B

Also written: makeout (one word or two).

Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

Forms of make out

makes out present, singular, he/she/it
making out participle, present
made out participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does make out mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

verb

1
To draw up (a document etc.), to designate (a cheque).
Cheques may be made out to the Foo Bar Company.
2
obsoleteTo send out.
3
To discern; to manage to see, hear etc.
In the distance, I could just make out a shadowy figure.
4
USTo manage, get along; to do (well, badly etc.).
Oh, you were on a TV game show? How did you make out?
5
To represent; to make (something) appear to be true.
His version of the story makes me out (to be) the bad guy.
6
USslangTo get along with (someone).
Him and I always make out well.
7
USslangTo make an (often temporary) home.
I'll make out in this room for the night.
8
USslangTo embrace and kiss passionately.
We found a secluded spot where we could make out in private.

noun

as make-out

1
Alternative form of make out.
Equal parts jazz landmark and make-out album, it rewards the listener on every level, and established modal jazz as a sub-genre that is still being explored.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Make out in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

Language	Words
French	libeller (to draw up; designate as the recipient), discerner, dégager (to discern), réussir, arriver, (to seducing) conclure (to manage, get along)
German	ausstellen, adressieren (to draw up; designate as the recipient), wahrnehmen, merken, mitbekommen, erkennen (to discern)
Spanish	librar (to draw up; designate as the recipient), hacer parecer, aparentar (to represent as being true), liarse, enrollarse, darse el lote (to embrace and kiss passionately)
Portuguese	pegar (to embrace and kiss passionately), comer, atracar (to engage in heavy petting or sexual intercourse)

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.