tune out
"tune-out" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tune 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
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To stop paying attention to; to ignore; to zone out.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tune-out · tune out · English
tune out · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | tune out |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “tune out” in English
Rare enough to double-check
tune out is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for tune out, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From tune + out. The correct English form is tune out, spelled T-U-N-E- -O-U-T.
Definition
- 1To stop paying attention to; to ignore; to zone out.
- 2To change the channel or frequency away from.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tune out appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I have a hard time tuning out a television that is on.
Ants are everywhere, in such abundance that we tune them out like we tune out traffic noise.
Etymology
From tune + out.
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.