# oust vs outta

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### oust
*verb · IPA /aʊst/ · frequency rank #31,281*
To expel; to remove.

### outta
*preposition · IPA /ˈaʊtə/ · frequency rank #6,079*
Out of.

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