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takeout

/ˈteɪkaʊt/adjective, noun

takeout is spelled T-A-K-E-O-U-T: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,168th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, takeout means “(Of food) intended to be eaten off the premises from which it was bought” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in takeout?

Letters7: T-A-K-E-O-U-T
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 1 million words; the 31,168th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Pairs people search
Same letters

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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is takeout?

Takeout appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,168th 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 takeout?

  • US /ˈteɪkaʊt/

Takeout 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-takeout.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Words people confuse with takeout

Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).

take out vs takeout0 B

Also written: take out (one word or two).

Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

What rhymes with takeout?

No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as takeout (/eɪkaʊt/).

Spelled with the same letters in another order: outtake.

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of takeout

  • take-out
  • takeouts plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does takeout mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    CanadaUS(Of food) intended to be eaten off the premises from which it was bought.

noun

  1. 1

    CanadaUSFood purchased from a takeaway.

  2. 2

    CanadaUSinformalrareSynonym of takeaway (“a restaurant that sells food to be eaten elsewhere”).

  3. 3

    A stone that hits another stone, removing it from play, a takeout shot.

  4. 4

    A double of an opponent's bid, intended to invite one's partner to compete in the auction, rather than to penalise one's opponents.

  5. 5

    A detailed news segment.

    Takeouts on important running topics in the news are one way to add a valuable dimension to the evening news. One consequence, however, has been that there are fewer minutes available on the broadcast for hard news out of Washington.

  6. 6

    A designated point for canoes, rafts, etc. to be removed from the water after use.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Takeout in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchà emporter ((of food) intended to be eaten off the premises…), vente à emporter, plat à emporter (food purchased from a takeaway)
Germanzum Mitnehmen ((of food) intended to be eaten off the premises…), Essen zum Mitnehmen, Takeaway (food purchased from a takeaway)
Portuguesepara levar, para fora ((of food) intended to be eaten off the premises…)
Spanishpara llevar ((of food) intended to be eaten off the premises…), comida para llevar (food purchased from a takeaway)

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 takeout come from?

Deverbal from take out.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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