walkout

noun

"walkout" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“walkout” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #39,160. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,160
frequency rank, English
12,113
“W” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A sudden stoppage of work.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

walkout vs walnut
71% similar
walkout vs workout
71% similar
walkout vs Walcott
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for walkout
PropertyValue
Headwordwalkout
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#39,160
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “walkout” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). walkout lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around walkout, anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,160 among 12,113 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for walkout, with forms such as "awlkout", "waklout", and "walkkout". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "walnut", "workout", "Walcott", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: A deverbal from walk out. The correct English form is walkout, spelled W-A-L-K-O-U-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    A sudden stoppage of work.
  2. 2
    A similar mass action of people leaving a place as a form of protest.
  3. 3
    A part of the squat exercise wherein one has to step out from the rack (“walk out” the weight) in order not to hit it during execution.

Etymology

A deverbal from walk out.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: awlkout,waklout,walkkout,walkotu,walkoutt,walkuot,wallkout,walokut,wlakout,wwalkout

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of walkout - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

awlkout2waklout2walkkout1walkotu2walkoutt1walkuot2wallkout1walokut2
Edit distance from "walkout"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "walkout"?
"walkout" is spelled W-A-L-K-O-U-T.
What does "walkout" mean?
As a noun, "walkout" means: A sudden stoppage of work.
What words are commonly confused with "walkout"?
"walkout" is commonly confused with "walnut", "workout", "Walcott". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What is the origin of the word "walkout"?
A deverbal from walk out. See the full etymology section above for more details.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Using “walkout”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is W-A-L-K-O-U-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Don't mix it up with “walnut” - see the side-by-side comparison. walkout vs walnut
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Same frequency band

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list