makeout
"makeout" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“makeout” is uncommon English (frequency #91,770 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,770
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An act of making out; passionate kissing or petting.
Corpus desk
Index EN-makeout · makeout · English
makeout · rank #91,770 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,770
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH madwoman
Nearest frequency peer: madwoman (-2 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “makeout”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Lumberton
Lumberton
8,239 corpus weight
- lyke
lyke
8,238 corpus weight
- maddeningly
maddeningly
8,235 corpus weight
- madwoman
madwoman
8,233 corpus weight
- makeout
makeout
8,231 corpus weight
- Manisha
Manisha
8,229 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “makeout” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | makeout |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #91,770 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “makeout” in English
Rare enough to double-check
makeout is uncommon English at frequency #91,770 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An act of making out; passionate kissing or petting.".
makeout doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Deverbal from make out. The correct English form is makeout, spelled M-A-K-E-O-U-T.
Definition
- 1An act of making out; passionate kissing or petting.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how makeout appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
a makeout spot
A potentially funny 15-minute skit dragged out to an hour, Killspree spoofs two entertainment genres: teen makeout horror films, with their propensity for shock effects at the expense of plot and character development, and late-night gay plays like the long-running Party (playing right next door), parodied in Killspree's peppy camaraderie, safe-sex sermon…
Etymology
Deverbal from make out.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).