# shutout

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #23,995

## Definitions
1. Closing and forbidding entry, as a lockout in which management prevents works from working.
2. A game that ends with the losing side being held scoreless.

## Etymology
Deverbal from shut out.

## Easily confused with
- **stout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shutout-vs-stout)
- **shout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shout-vs-shutout)
- **shootout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shootout-vs-shutout)
- **shoutout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shoutout-vs-shutout)

## Common misspellings (10)
`hsutout`, `shhutout`, `shtuout`, `shuotut`, `shutotu`, `shutoutt`, `shuttout`, `shutuot`, `sshutout`, `suhtout`

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