# shout

> English word · Noun · IPA /ʃaʊt/ · frequency rank #6,519

## Definitions
1. A loud burst of voice or voices; a violent and sudden outcry, especially that of a multitude expressing joy, triumph, exultation, anger, or great effort.
2. A round of drinks in a pub; the turn to pay the shot or scot; an act of paying for a round of drinks.
3. A call-out for an emergency services team.
4. A greeting, name-check or other mention, for example on a radio or TV program.
5. A suggestion; an idea.

## Etymology
From Middle English shouten. Further origin uncertain. Possibly related to Middle English shooten (“to shoot (out)”) or from or akin to Old Norse skúta (“to chide, scold”), Old Norse skúti, skúta (“a taunt”). See also the second, rare sense of the verb scout (“to reject with contempt”).

## Easily confused with
- **sou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shout-vs-sou)
- **sot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shout-vs-sot)
- **show** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shout-vs-show)
- **sort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shout-vs-sort)
- **spot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shout-vs-spot)
- **soul** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shout-vs-soul)
- **shut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shout-vs-shut)
- **soft** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shout-vs-soft)
- **soup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shout-vs-soup)
- **slot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shout-vs-slot)
- **sour** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shout-vs-sour)
- **slut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shout-vs-slut)
- **shun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shout-vs-shun)
- **sous** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shout-vs-sous)
- **soot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shout-vs-soot)
- **snot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shout-vs-snot)
- **smut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shout-vs-smut)
- **swot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shout-vs-swot)
- **south** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shout-vs-south)
- **shows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shout-vs-shows)

## Common misspellings (7)
`hsout`, `shhout`, `shotu`, `shoutt`, `shuot`, `sohut`, `sshout`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/shout