wideout
"wideout" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“wideout” is uncommon English (frequency #91,147 among 1,759 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,147
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A wide receiver.
Corpus desk
Index EN-wideout · wideout · English
wideout · rank #91,147 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,147
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH whir
Nearest frequency peer: whir (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “wideout”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
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webstore
8,858 corpus weight
- whir
whir
8,855 corpus weight
- wideout
wideout
8,854 corpus weight
- windowpane
windowpane
8,852 corpus weight
- Wisner
Wisner
8,851 corpus weight
- Wodonga
Wodonga
8,850 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “wideout” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wideout |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #91,147 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “wideout” in English
Rare enough to double-check
wideout is uncommon English at frequency #91,147 among 1,759 “W” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A wide receiver.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for wideout, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From wide + out. The correct English form is wideout, spelled W-I-D-E-O-U-T.
Definition
- 1A wide receiver.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how wideout appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
After plucking Courtland Sutton in the second round last year, the Denver Broncos needed to complement him with another receiver, preferably one who can stretch the field now that Pro Bowl wideout Emmanuel Sanders has left for New Orleans.
Etymology
From wide + out.
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.
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