# tryout

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #34,730

## Definitions
1. A test of the suitability or effectiveness of a person or thing, especially an audition for a performer or athlete, or the advance staging of a play at a small theatre.

## Etymology
Deverbal from try out.

## Easily confused with
- **tryst** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tryout-vs-tryst)
- **turnout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tryout-vs-turnout)
- **trot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trot-vs-tryout)
- **tout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tout-vs-tryout)
- **trout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trout-vs-tryout)

## Common misspellings (9)
`rtyout`, `troyut`, `trryout`, `tryotu`, `tryoutt`, `tryuot`, `tryyout`, `ttryout`, `tyrout`

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