sleepout
/ˈsliːpaʊt/noun
sleepout is spelled S-L-E-E-P-O-U-T: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 40 million words in written English, the 194,306th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sleepout means “A veranda or other outbuilding used as a sleeping area” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sleepout is sleepouts.
How many letters and syllables are in sleepout?
| Letters | 8: S-L-E-E-P-O-U-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 40 million words; the 194,306th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is sleepout?
Sleepout appears about once in every 40 million words in written English, the 194,306th 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 sleepout?
- UK /ˈsliːpaʊt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-sleepout.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of sleepout
- sleepouts plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sleepout mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
AustraliaA veranda or other outbuilding used as a sleeping area.
- 2
an organised group of people sleeping in the open, often as a form of protest or to raise public awareness of an issue such as homelessness.
- 3
a holiday in Africa where travellers sleep away from their home, generally in an open air safari lodge, private home or guest house.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does sleepout come from?
From sleep out.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).