outtake
/ˈaʊtˌteɪk/
"outtake" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“outtake” is uncommon English (frequency #68,504 among 1,431 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,504
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A portion of a recording (a take) that is not included in the final version of a film or a musical album, often because it contains a mistake.
Corpus desk
Index EN-outtake · outtake · English
outtake · rank #68,504 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,504
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH Ostend
Nearest frequency peer: Ostend (-1 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 “outtake”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- officialdom
officialdom
31,505 corpus weight
- onboarding
onboarding
31,503 corpus weight
- Ostend
Ostend
31,498 corpus weight
- outtake
outtake
31,497 corpus weight
- overpayment
overpayment
31,494 corpus weight
- overtone
overtone
31,492 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “outtake” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | outtake |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈaʊtˌteɪk/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #68,504 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “outtake” in English
Rare enough to double-check
outtake is uncommon English at frequency #68,504 among 1,431 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈaʊtˌteɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for outtake in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English outtaken (“to take out”), equivalent to out- + take. The correct English form is outtake, spelled O-U-T-T-A-K-E.
Definition
- 1A portion of a recording (a take) that is not included in the final version of a film or a musical album, often because it contains a mistake.
- 2A complete version of a recording or film that is dropped in favour of another version, reject.
- 3An opening for outward discharge; a vent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how outtake appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The DVD for that movie has ten minutes' worth of outtakes.
The boiler is "sectional" and of the water tube type, in which the steam and water drums are arranged transversely to the flow of gases from the furnace to the outtake to chimney.
Etymology
From Middle English outtaken (“to take out”), equivalent to out- + take.
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); 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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