stand out
"stand-out" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“stand out” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To persist in opposition or resistance (against something); to refuse to comply (with someone).
Corpus desk
Index EN-stand-out · stand out · English
stand out · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stand out |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “stand out” in English
Rare enough to double-check
stand out is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for stand out, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is stand out, spelled S-T-A-N-D- -O-U-T.
Definition
- 1To persist in opposition or resistance (against something); to refuse to comply (with someone).
- 2To be obvious or conspicuous, in contrast to the surroundings.
- 3To be extraordinary and different or to have features and qualities which make someone or something special.
- 4To sail in a direction away from shore.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how stand out appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Indeed he had no notion that Madame de Seidlits, or her daughter, had a serious intention of standing out against a match which he thought so advantageous to both.
Tourist guides often carry umbrellas so that they stand out in a crowd.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.