workout
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Detailed reference entry for the English word "workout", 7-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Wiktionary, and usage frequency ranked against an open word-frequency list covering the top 100,000 English words. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "workout" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "workout" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.
workout is aEnglishnoun. It means: An exercise session; a period of physical exercise. Pronounced /ˈwɜːk.aʊ̯t/. It ranks #6,978 in English word frequency. Often confused with walkout.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | workout |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈwɜːk.aʊ̯t/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #6,978 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency rank visualization
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for workout is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈwɜːk.aʊ̯t/. Corpus data places it at rank #6,978 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for workout, with forms such as "owrkout", "wokrout", and "workkout". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "walkout", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Deverbal from work out. Root origin matters for spelling because borrowed morphemes (Greek, Latin, Old French, Old English) carry their source-language orthographic conventions into modern English, which is why historical etymology is often the cleanest predictor of whether a cluster like "-ough", "-eau", or "-tion" will appear. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is workout, spelled W-O-R-K-O-U-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1An exercise session; a period of physical exercise.
- 2A schedule or program of specific exercises, especially one intended to achieve a particular goal.
- 3Any activity that requires much physical or mental effort, or produces strain.
Etymology
Deverbal from work out.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: owrkout,wokrout,workkout,workotu,workoutt,workuot,worokut,worrkout,wrokout,wworkout
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for workout
Misspelling Variants of "workout"
Frequency rank: #6,978 in English
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