shakeout
noun
shakeout is spelled S-H-A-K-E-O-U-T: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 115,751st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, shakeout means “An event that causes marginal constituents to be eliminated” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of shakeout is shakeouts.
How many letters and syllables are in shakeout?
| Letters | 8: S-H-A-K-E-O-U-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 15 million words; the 115,751st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is shakeout?
Shakeout appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 115,751st 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 shakeout?
Shakeout 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).
Forms of shakeout
- shakeouts plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does shakeout mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An event that causes marginal constituents to be eliminated.
The dot-com shakeout of the 1990s left only the most durable, most profitable, and most well backed companies surviving.
- 2
The separation of molds from their flask, the castings from the molding sand, and potentially the cores from the castings.
- 3
The shaking of an object to spread it wide and eject any debris.
- 4
The shaking of one's arms or legs, in order to resist muscle fatigue.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Shakeout in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense event that causes marginal constituents to be eliminated:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Bereinigungsprozess, Bereinigung, Gesundschrumpfung |
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 shakeout come from?
From shake + out.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).